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Ad that, partially translated, reads: "Max Roach played the Hanson cymbal during JATP [Jazz at The Philharmonic] concerts in Stockholm and said of them:'Hansons are good cymbals.' Do you have Hansons? If not, it is high time you familiarize yourself with them," and then goes on to list diameters and corresponding prices
Hanson cymbals were made in Sweden by Tage Hanson, who also made bass drum pedals and drumsticks. He started selling the cymbals at the end of the 1940's. Hanson experimented with different alloys and they were made of sheet bronze. Max Roach played them on a visit to Stockholm.
15" (675g/685g) hats with 15" crash (666g)
