Hand-hammering And Re-created Cymbals

Mostly I'm asked to make cymbals darker. Only rarely I have to make them brighter.
Next time that happens I will make a "before and after" file.

You can't make a 101 sound worse than it already does, so try it and let us know....

Here are two 16" "Reverse China's" I hammered from 16" crashes. "Reverse" meaning the shape of Paiste Novo, bell facing upwards, edge facing down.

Just click the names for the soundfiles.

16" Reverse China -from Bosphorus crash

16" Reverse China-from Paiste Dimensions crash

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Original von atreyuwhat are your prices for hammering crap into jewerly ;)?

You can find them in the "Modification details" link in my signature at the bottom of this post.

Or send me an drumcymb@yahoo.com.

Here's a 20" Paiste Traditional Medium Light Ride I completely rehammered.

Here's a "before and after" SOUNDFILE

This is a 20" Tony Williams "Nefertiti" style of ride I hammered from a Zildjian Avedis Medium Ride.

SOUNDFILE

Also a 20" High Complex Jazz Ride, hammered from a Ufip Class Ride.

SOUNDFILE

I hammered this fairly dark and powerful 17" crash (1290 grams) from a Paiste 2002 17" Crash.

SOUNDFILE

This other 17" more complex crash weighs 1170 grams and comes from a 17" Ufip Class.

SOUNDFILE

Some re-created 15" crashes:

15" Dark Medium Crash, made from a 15" Zildjian Avedis crash.

SOUNDFILE

15" Dark Thin Fast Crash, made from a Sabian AA 15" crash.

SOUNDFILE

On Cymbalholic, some American drummers have posted a review of cymbals I modified for them :

http://www.cymbalholic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11957

http://www.cymbalholic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11948

Also a general post about my work:

http://www.cymbalholic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11932

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Here's a set of fairly bright 13" funky hihats I hammered from Ufip 13" hats.

SOUNDFILE

I didn't record a before soundfile of the hihats sorry. they had more a rock-type of sound originally. Basically what I did was slightly raising the profile, changing the tension and lathing.

An American drummer sent me two 20" Paiste B8 alloy cymbals (crash and ride) and asked me to convert them into a 20" Ripple Trash and an 18" Radial Trash.

Here's a before and after clip of the ride, which is now a 20" Ripple trash.
http://users.telenet.be/cymbzd…_into_20_Ripple_Trash.mp3

Looks like this now:

Here's a before and after clip of the crash, which is now a Radial Trash.
http://users.telenet.be/cymbzd…_into_18_Radial_Trash.mp3