Did not know Zildjian was in business for 400 years.

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Inside Zildjian, a 400-year-old cymbal-making company in Massachusetts

Drummers across the globe know the Zildjian name because it’s emblazoned on every shiny cymbal they make. What’s less known is that the family has been making their famous cymbals, with a secret process, for more than four centuries.

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A little article that this business making cymbals has been in business 400 years and the same family still runs it.

Its alloy for cymbals was a failed experiment in alchemy attempting to make gold.

The company’s proprietary alloy was alchemized 13 generations ago in Constantinople (now Istanbul) by Debbie Zildjian’s ancestor, Avedis I. He was trying to make gold, she said, but he ended up concocting a combination of copper and tin. “The mixing of those metals produced a very loud, resonant, beautiful sound,” she said.

 

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I guess it would be easier to please the instructor if the cymbal was a Zildjian