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The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (/ ˈ z ɪ l dʒ ən,-dʒ i ə n /), [2] is an American musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded by the ethnic Armenian Zildjian family in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire , the company relocated to the United States in the 20th century.
The company was founded in 1981 in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada, by Robert Zildjian, son of Avedis Zildjian III, the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company located in Quincy, Massachusetts. Family tradition had it that the head of the company would pass its secrets down only to the oldest son, but Avedis III gave the information to both his ...
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Zildjian is also a surname. It may refer to: related to cymbals. Avedis Zildjian (17th century), an Armenian Ottoman metalsmith and alchemist Haroutune Zildjian son of Avedis Zildjian, continued his father's worked and then passed it to his own son; Avedis (2nd) Zildjian named in his grandfather's name. Kerop Zildjian, Avedis'brother
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A stamp from a 1950s-era Bellotti Cymbal. Bellotti was a small Italian cymbal workshop that produced cymbals from the 1950s until the 1970s. [2]Because so few of these vintage cymbals exist on the market today (they are much less prevalent that some other vintage Italian contemporaries, such as Zanchi), Bellotti remains one of the more obscure names in cymbal manufacturers.
Characteristic rock hi-hat pattern. play ⓘ. A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys.
The current Zildjian Swish Knocker is a redesign of their original swish, with more rivets, deeper bow and shallower bell, based on a cymbal made famous by Mel Lewis, [1] who coined the name knocker. Originally a Zildjian exclusive, both swish and pang cymbals disappeared from their catalog for a time but have reappeared.