A TURKISH CHINA MADE IN AMERICA?

Now just how could that possibly be?!

Well, let me explain.  This is a "Chinese" style cymbal, but it is made by Zildjian, which is a company that originally manufactured cymbals in Istanbul, Turkey.  Or was it Constantinople?  I don't know.  It could have been Timbuktu.

But anyway, now they are made here in the United States, so their slogan is "Turkish cymbals made in the USA."  That is why I can call this cymbal a "Turkish China Made in America."

The cymbal measures 18 inches, but its exact type is unknown.  I don't know if it is a "China Boy High" or "China Boy Low" or what, because there is no labeling on it.  It could be just a generic "China Type" made in the early days when Zildjian first began offering cymbals in this style.  I know it's not a Swish or a Pang, because if it was it would be labeled as such and the seller would have surely mentioned it.

The reason I bought this cymbal was because of the reduced price, but also because I noticed it was drilled for rivets but had none.  I wanted to clean up this China, put some new rivets in it and restore it to its original function.  I'm weird like that.  I also have tons of money to throw away on used percussion products.

So here is the finished project.  The cymbal shined up pretty nice, and I have installed six new Zildjian rivets to make this bad boy sound like a rolling thunder storm.  Pretty awesome.  I could turn around and sell it for a huge profit but I think I will just keep it instead.  I'm selfish like that.  Whatta you care?

This is a close-up showing the new rivets, dude.