Sabian originally spent 10 years figuring out how to minimise this labour in order to bring in the Xs20s at an intermediate price. For those trading up from budget B8 cymbals, the look of the Xs20s ...

They're certainly big. But ugly? I think that refers to the generally dark and often mottled appearance, rather than their sound. These 10 rides are grouped into four familiar series - the HH, HHX, AA ...

Examples of these can be seen in almost all of the top-end cymbal lines such as Zildjian’s A and K ranges, Sabian’s AA, HH and Artisan, Meinl Byzanze, Paiste Signature – the list goes on.

Their hand-hammering produces a rich sound that caught the attention of drummers when Sabian’s first cymbals reached U.S. stores in the early 1980s, Zildjian’s son Andy told Music Trades ...

But back in 1969, what is now the Sabian factory was home to a company then called AZCO, a subsidiary of the Zildjian cymbal company. "It's the only plant in Canada devoted to the trade, and is ...

On Monday (June 15), the the cymbals were unearthed and Sabian chairman Bob Zildjian took a whack at them to test the theory. He happily reports that it worked.

The founder of Sabian Cymbals, the New Brunswick company that supplies cymbals for drummers around the world, has died. Robert "RZ" Zildjian died on Thursday. He was 89. "A tireless and dynamic ...