Roberto Spizzichino

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'Bold text'Roberto Spizzichino is an Italian Jazz drummer and master craftsman of Spizz brand cymbals. He creates his cymbals by hand, one by one in his workshop in San Quirico, Tuscany in the tradition of the K Zildjian Istanbul cymbals from B20 bronze formerly imported from China and now from Turkey.

Spizzichino is rumored to have worked for other Italian cymbal companies, such as UFIP.

Spizzichino's cymbals are branded Spizzichino or simply Spizz, and have included lines ranging from beginner to top quality professional over the years. In his early years of manufacture, he sometimes used the cheapest available heavy bell bronze cymbals, then from China, as blanks. By reheating, rehammering and relathing them to reduce their weight, Spizzichino completely replaced their tone.

Nowadays, he is creating mainly jazz cymbals.