Hand-hammering And Re-created Cymbals

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Original von EnziI am a regular at Cymbalholic and follow your work there. Enzi

Cool, what's your Id there?

Here's a very Tony Williams-like 24" Dark Complex Jazzride I just finished for a Dutch drummer.

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Here's a 20" Complex Extra Light Ride 1635 grams which I made from a Zildjian Avedis.

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Here's some beginner's B8 alloy Meinl MCS cymbals I upgraded. Same thing can be done with any other (cheap) B8 alloy cymbals.

A 16" Meinl MCS crash hammered into a 16" dark crash:

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A Meinl 20" Meinl MCS ride, now a 20" Perforation Trashride

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Finished some hihats:

14" Complex Hihats 887-974gr-from Zildjian Avedis

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14" Dark Heavy Hihats -from Paiste 2002

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Here's a 7" bell cymbal I hammered from a flat B20 bronze alloy disc. (I've also shaped the cup by cold-hammering.)
It's shape is similar to that of a china, so it's perfect for reversed mounting (cup facing down) on top of another cymbal.

It kinda screams, so I called it the Yell Bell.

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Original von EnziWhere did you get that flat B20 alloy disc ?

Every now and then, when I want to make small B20 alloy cymbals I cut up a large Zildjian or Sabian crash into several small discs.

Here's a 20" Light Complex Full Bell Ride I hammered from a Sabian AA Medium ride.

This one is rather a special hammering concept because the bell has a deeper and fuller sound than you would expect from a cymbal this thin and high pitched.

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And a 20" Light Ride 1830 grams I hammered from a Zildjian Avedis Medium ride.

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20" Light Complex Ride 1830 grams, hammered from a Ufip Class ride.

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A 7" Splash, hammered from a flat B20 bronze alloy disc.

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22" Dark Ride 2595 grams, re-created from a Paiste 3000 ride.

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20" Light Complex Jazzride 1780 grams, re-created from a Paiste 2002 ride.

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18" Dry Reverse China, hammered from a Paiste 2002 18" Crash

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Here are 2 turkish cymbals I just re-created for a Belgian jazzdrummer. Each time you can hear a before and after clip.

- Bosphorus Ferit Turk 20" ride:

http://jvds.byethost15.com/3_B…k_20_before_and_after.mp3

- Agop Mel Lewis 21". This one had a very bad "barking seal" (a hollow sound) stretching from the cup to halfway down the bow. That's completely gone now.

http://jvds.byethost15.com/3_B…s_21_before_and_after.mp3

Here's a set of cheap Sabian B8's which I just finished hammering for an Italian drummer.

Before and after clips and pics here:
http://jvds.byethost15.com/3_B…L/SABIAN_B8_complete_set/

20" Light Jazzride 1850 grams, hammered from a Zildjian Avedis.

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Thanks guys !