Dating Zildjian Cymbals: ) This timeline of the K Zildjian company’s cymbals stamped with “Constantinople” has been put together intuitively

This is still news to a lot of people. All Avedis Zildjian cymbals have their name stamped in its bronze.





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Dating cymbals is notoriously difficult. The "J" in Zildjian and the way the bottom portion of the "J" curls up is one clue on age as well as the three little slash lines under the . First Stamp (1929-1939) This is the “first stamp” used for cymbals produced by Avedis Zildjian in the United States, starting in 1929.

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We'll get to them in due course, but it . Bronze cymbals begin as pre-formed disks cut from metal with uniform . Senior Member.

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Oftentimes the dates are simply unknown.

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It was not until many years later that the K Zildjian Cymbal factory updated its cymbal stamps. The unique id at the end is 008 in the case of the A Zildjian stamp shown above, so this is the 8th cymbal from the batch 11236.

) This timeline of the K Zildjian company’s cymbals stamped with “Constantinople” has been put together intuitively.





The proces of stamping wasn't very accurate and the imprint varies.



The K version shown above is AJ so that is 2010. The city of Turkey officially changed its name from “Constantinople” to “Istanbul” in 1930.