Cymbal Manufacturing Companies: Avedis Zildjian Company, Sabian, Paiste, Cymbal Manufacturers, Meinl Percussion, Bosphorus Cymbals
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Cymbal Manufacturing Companies: Avedis Zildjian Company, Sabian, Paiste, Cymbal Manufacturers, Meinl Percussion, Bosphorus Cymbals: : Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Avedis Zildjian Company, Sabian, Paiste, Cymbal Manufacturers, Meinl Percussion, Bosphorus Cymbals, Istanbul Agop Cymbals, Zanchi, Istanbul Cymbals, Robert Zildjian. Excerpt: The Avedis Zildjian Company is a cymbal manufacturer founded in Constantinople by an Armenian named Avedis Zildjian in the time of the Ottoman Empire . Currently located in the United States, it is the world’s largest and #1 manufacturer of cymbals. At nearly 400 years old, Zildjian is the oldest family-run business in America and one of the 320 oldest companies in the world. They also sell drum-related accessories, such as drum sticks and cymbal bags. History Beginnings The first Zildjian (pronounced / z ld ( ) n/ ) cymbals were created in 1623 by Avedis Zildjian, an alchemist who was looking for a way to turn base metal into gold ; he created an alloy combining tin , copper , and silver into a sheet of metal that could make musical sounds without shattering. Avedis was given the name of Zildjian (Zilciyân) by the Sultan Osman II (from the Turkish word zil - cymbal, dji - maker-seller, ian - a common suffix used in Armenian last names) and began an industry in 1623, the details of whose main product remained secret for generations. It became family tradition that only the company’s heirs would know the manufacturing process. The Zildjian Company moved from manufacturing noisemakers to frighten the enemies of the Ottoman Empire to manufacturing its cymbals as musical instruments in the 19th century. 1900s Avedis Zildjian III in front of Zildjian Quincy Factory. Around 1928, Avedis III and Aram Zildjian began manufacturing cymbals in Quincy, Massachusetts , and the Avedis Zildjian Co. was formed in 1929, the year the Great Depression began, in competition with the K. Zildjian company in Turkey. Avedis made … - read more.
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