How Zildjian Cymbals Made It From the Ottoman Empire to Now In 1622, Avedis Zildjian, an Armenian metalworker in Turkey, melted a top-secret combination of metals to create the perfect cymbal ...

Examples of these can be seen in almost all of the top-end cymbal lines such as Zildjian’s A and K ranges, Sabian’s AA, HH ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Avedis Zildjian Company is the the oldest cymbal maker in the world. For 400 years, the family business survived migration, a world war, and the worst economic ...

Earlier this month, Zildjian teased its (perhaps surprising) Alchem-E electronic drum sets with a just-detailed-enough shot of one of the kits. At the time, the 400-year-old cymbal brand promised ...