Talk:Cymbal making

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Several manufacturers of cymbals continue to manufacture cymbals in the tradition way among them are Zildjian, located in the USA, Sabian, located in Canada and Paiste, located in Switzerland.

I'm sorry, but that is drum-shop sales talk, and even the manufacturers themselves admit it's not true if you read their literature carefully. The Paiste factory in Switzerland receives all its feedstock as sheet metal. They don't even own a casting furnace. Sabian Hand Hammered (and the old HH line it replaced) are made on a special patented hand-hammering machine. Zildjian are the most automated of those three. Meinl don't even pretend (isn't that refreshing), nor do Paiste Germany (but their claim never to have shared manufacturing facilities is another thing entirely).

Genuine hand-hammered cymbals are available, but it's hard to find good ones. The machines do a really good job! Not as good as a top individual craftsman, but probably better than you will buy in the genuinely handmade boutique lines that come into your local music shop, for most purposes. So let your ear choose your cymbals is my advice. Andrewa 20:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)