Armand Zildjian, who for more than two decades headed the nearly 400-year-old family firm that provides cymbals to some of the best-known percussionists appearing on concert and club stages, has died.

Zildjian, the oldest manufacturer of musical instruments in the world, was founded in Constantinople in 1623 and all cymbals are manufactured in the Norwell location ...

NAMM 2011 PRESS RELEASE: Not a crash, not a ride, OMNI is a revolutionary new cymbal from innovative Cymbal-maker Sabian. Developed for the astonishing Jojo Mayer, the vision for OMNI was to create a ...

Two Turkish hand-hammered vintage cymbal companies have made their way to Hollywood by featuring in a movie nominated for five Academy Awards. The 2014 drama "Whiplash" tells of the relationship ...

Discover the hands behind the hand-made cymbals everyone knows. The SABIAN Cymbal making exhibition "Meet the Masters Tour" hits Las Vegas today! Check it out at Guitar Center Las Vegas. Yahoo Sports ...

During W.W. II there was the uncertainty of whether Avedis's sons would even return from the war. Consequently, Avedis wrote down the 'secret alloy formula' for the very first time and kept the ...

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 ...

If this small selection from the large array of available models is representative then this is a brand to watch. All of these cymbals are good; some of them are seriously good. We're still looking ...