The 18-inch K Constantinople crash features a unique hammering technique that gives it more dark overtones and more personality and musicality than any other Zildjian cymbal!
A remarkable arrival.
Marketed in the early 2000s, the Constantinople brought a much awaited response to the demand for cymbals in the vein of those used by jazz drummers of the sixties, like the great Elvin Jones. At the beginning of this century, when fusion music was in full swing, Zildjian heard the lament of these orphaned jazzmen in the face of a production that seemed to have simply forgotten them. This series alone symbolizes the rebirth of instruments for more acoustic music, cymbals necessarily richer, a little more dark, but losing nothing in articulation or definition.
A very identity series.
A K Constantinople cymbal can be recognized in a second! Its somewhat domed and hammered appearance, from the edge to the top of the bell, this smooth, satiny patina, and these hammer imprints that show here and there a rough part of the metal, make each ride of this series an instrument unique and identifiable. Similarly, the blind, the amateur (and a fortiori the connoisseur) can not be wrong, both the balance and the length of the sound halo speak for themselves. A real tour de force that has spawned many others since then.
A very precise name.
Creating a cymbal close to a Grail a priori unattainable was not enough. The craftsmen Zildjian wanted to specify the name that we see affixed a few inches from the bell. A rather general disposition for this series, although other Constantinople are more fine and sharp. Two of them (the Renaissance and the Bounce) have even been designed with the help of renowned contemporary jazzmen, so as to emulate the style of Elvin Jones or Jimmy Cobb. Two legends that had the honor of playing with John Coltrane ... A myth come true!
A journey through the centuries ...
Made with the ancestral methods of Turkish master craftsmen, these dark and deep cymbals offer unique harmonies. The art of making handmade cymbals is pushed to its climax. Do not look elsewhere, they are the best cymbals in the world: simply historic ...
Category: crash
Material: bronze
Cymbal diameter: 18.00
Thickness: Thin
Hammering: yes
Sound: dark / medium
Finishing: traditional
Brand reference number:
PZI K1068
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Certified
