How Zildjian Cymbals Made It From the Ottoman Empire to Now In 1622, Avedis Zildjian, an Armenian metalworker in Turkey, melted a top-secret combination of metals to create the perfect cymbal ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Avedis Zildjian Company is the the oldest cymbal maker in the world. For 400 years, the family business survived migration, a world war, and the worst economic ...

Almost inconceivably, after four centuries and a move to the USA, it is still run by Zildjian family members. The secret cymbal “formula” had been passed from each head of the Turkish Zildjian foundry ...