Sabian Timeline
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1979: Death of the head of the Zildjian Company, Avedis Armand Zildjian. Avedis' eldest son, Armand, takes over as president of the company.
ca. 1981: Robert Zildjian, Armand's younger brother by 2 years, takes over the K. Zildjian facility in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada. He rebrands it - Sabian - from letters of his children's names: SAlly, Wilson (BIlly), and ANdy.
1982: 1st availability (except the U.S.A.)
1983: 1st U.S.A. industry appearance at Summer NAMM that year.
Oct. '82 ad "NOT AVAILABLE IN U.S.A"
Jan. '83 ad "NOW AVAILABLE IN U.S.A"
1983 magazine ad
1983 ad
1983 ad
1983 ad
1983 ad
More to come!
