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Ultra THIN RARE 1940s Vintage Zildjian Trans Stamp 14” Sizzle Hihats 562 728 g Golden Era

Original price $569.99 - Original price $569.99
Original price
$569.99
$569.99 - $569.99
Current price $569.99
  • Call the Smithsonian because these Cymbals should be there! They represent the Golden Era of American Cymbal making! Hand Hammered. Hand Crafted, and forged when a new form of music called Jazz had migrated up North and was exploding in New York City.

  • 562 and 728 grams. That’s insanely thin! Especially that TOP Cymbal.  I mean that’s really light. 

  • Ultra THIN Hand Hammered 14s” from the time of Glenn Miller! Literally made within the first two decades Zildjian went from confectionary to American cymbal smiths.

  • And these are some of the THINNEST 1940s Trans Stamp 14s” I have ever seen.

  • They're Hand Hammered all the way out to the edge - beautiful wavy surface.  

  • No modern company makes anything like these. Although they’ll tell you they do for $680. 

  • No need to bother with the “re-issues,” “vintage homage,” “throwback light Hihats” and all that.

  • Just get the originals!

  • Ultra Papery, whispy, super dark, warm and breathy, 2-rivet sizzle on the bottom cymbal to give it an extremely responsive old-school tone. Many of the early hihats of the 40s and 50s had sizzles. 

  • They sound like they were pulled right from the Cotton Club. 

  • Hand Hammered and absolutely stunning. 

  • These Zildjians are to be celebrated - for their tone, but also because of what they represent - a piece of American musical and business history.

  • It’s a joy playing 80-year-old cymbals! You can’t re-issue a life lived. 

  • Very clean. Typical Light use/wear. Remarkable that they survived the 80s.