A Zildjian & Cie Vintage

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A Zildjian & Cie Vintage

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Armand Zildjian facsimile signature on bottom
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2001 Ad

Introduction: 2000* (crashes); other models introduced in 2001.

Discontinued: 2007

Background: Designed to create "the pure sound of the earliest Zildjians made in the US during the 1930s" (and based heavily on vintage cymbals from Armand Zildjian's personal collection).

Alloy: B20

Quality: Professional

Production: According to one source, they were produced in batches of forty at a time, in limited quantity. The cymbals were then aged for two months in Zildjian's vault before testing.

Company Description:


Rides

Crashes

Hi-Hats


Source:
(*) Modern Drummer, July 2000, p.58


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