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Product Description
Sultan cymbals are a combination of the Traditional and the Turk
Series. The sound has unique brilliant characteristics of the
Traditional cymbal sounds and the dry & woody sound of the unlathed
Turk cymbal series. The top of the cymbal has an unlathed cup producing a
strong, compact bell sound and an unlathed concentric circle on the bow
reducing overtone and drying the sound. The bottom of the cymbal is
completely unlathed. Mellow Tone. Great Stick Definition. Controlled
Overtones. ABOUT ISTANBUL MEHMET CYMBALS - Mehmet Tamdeger learned his
art from Mikhail Zilcan, the grandson of Kerope Zilcan, after whom the
Zilcan K series is named. In the 1950s, he worked in the K. Zilcan
factory in Istanbul. At the age of nine Mehmet Tamdeğer started to work
for Mikhail Zilcan. Mikhail Zilcan and Kirkor Küçükyan taught him every
aspect of this ancient Turkish art, based on a history that stems back
to the early 17th century. The Istanbul brand name was adopted by a
cymbal works established by two cymbal smiths, Mehmet Tamdeger and Agop
Tomurcuk. At that time, they had over three decades of cymbal making
experience. Mehmet and Agop named their company after the city that has
been home to the epitome of high quality cymbals for many, many years:
Istanbul. These cymbals were first exported to the U.S. in 1984, first
under the name "Zildjiler", and soon afterwards as "Istanbul". Both
craftsmen signed each cymbal and many of these cymbals are now
collectors' items. After Agop Tomurcuk's unexpected death in July 1996,
Mehmet decided to continue the production of cymbals under his own name,
İstanbul Mehmet. A lot has changed since then, but his belief in the
richness and the character of a handmade cymbal will always remain.
Machines don't have ears. That's why we continue to make our cymbals
according to the ancient tradition - with an open eye towards the music
that's being made now, and in the future.