Drum cymbals are expensive bits of kit and can easily become irreversibly dirty or damaged. Courtesy of Rhythm Magazine, find out how to avoid this fate below… 10 cymbal protection tips 1. Handle with ...

What’s less known is that the family has been making their famous cymbals, with a secret process, for more than four centuries. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.

The cymbals are identical in size, both being circular with an outer diameter of 138 mm and an embossed middle that is 17 mm deep and 76 mm in diameter, perforated by a 4.2 mm-diameter hole.

Zildjian cymbal are used by top drummers across the globe -- they've been made by one family, using a secret process, for 400 years. Music Features But how they're made is a 400-year secret.

A pair of Bronze Age cymbals unearthed in southeastern Arabia, including this one shown during excavations, point to long-distance sharing of ritual and musical traditions around 4,000 years ago.