ISTANBUL MEHMET CYMBALS



           Original Handmade Cast Bronze Cymbals from Turkey  * ISTANBUL-CYMBALS.COM *
 
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Please email inquiries and orders to  info@istanbul-cymbals.com  or call me at:

               (415) 488-9836       > Try me Mon-Fri 10am-12pm - Pacific Time - and you'll likely reach me in person. Otherwise, leave a message w/ your #)

Shipping Address: Michael Skrodzki
                                                                                                 14 Ivy Ave., Woodacre, CA 94973  (or P.O. Box 922 for USPS)
About Me                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Well, as you may have guessed, I love playing drums, and I love cymbals. When I started out on the drum set, I did, what most beginning drummers do, and bought a mix of the  usual "- (dj)ians" - not a starter set, but a B20 ride, hats, crashes-  and they served me just fine. When I hit my first Handmade Turkish Cymbal a few years later, Everything Changed: the complex symphony of sounds they produced blew me away.  Istanbul Mehmet and other Turkish cymbals are obviously works of art- sonically and visually. Why drummers would buy mass-and machine-produced cymbals from the "Mac-(dj)ians" at often higher prices, remains a complete mystery to me. Not that one cannot make and record great music with them, but imho the experience from behind the kit pales in comparison.  It's much like playing your first high-quality snare drum, after you've ditched the one that came with your first drum set. There is no going back.
 You notice, I have not included a certain big Swiss manufacturer of cymbals in my rant here. Anybody who can make B8 bronze sound that good, deserves at least honorable mention (and I do have an older ride and hats of theirs in my own collection).
 Anyway, the opportunity to become an authorized dealer for IM presented itself, and I gladly took it. I am not interested in becoming a large scale retailer of cymbals (I do have a day job), but in bringing a product I truly enjoy and believe in to my fellow drummers at the best prices I can manage.
 Rock, swing, be-bop, hip-hop, shuffle, groove on !                                                                     

                                                                                        

    
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