These hit hats have the full time and durability known from the name they wear. Like most quality built products these shiny things will likely outlast us all. Great hi hat for any level drummer. (Cymbals only included in purchase).Zildjian cymbals can be traced all the way back to the Ottoman Empire circa 1618, when Sultan Osman II commissioned a man named Avedis as an alchemist. In his attempts to create gold from common metals, Avedis discovered a musically expressive alloy and used it to create cymbals. The title Zildjian (“cymbal smith”) was granted to Avedis in 1623 and he passed his knowledge down to future generations. In the 1920s, Avedis Zildjian III and his brother Puzant opened the first American Zildjian factory in Quincy, Massachusetts and sought out Jazz players to help popularize the Zildjian name in the burgeoning musical style. (Keep in mind, at the time, even the drum kit was a relative newcomer.) Jazz legend Gene Krupa helped develop thinner, larger, and flatter Zildjian cymbals with more pronounced bells, while jazz and bebop drummers like Chick Webb and Papa Jo Jones helped drive the creation of the “hi-hat,” “crash,” “splash,” and “ride” cymbals.

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