20" Byzance Extra Thin Hammered Crash, Meinl

Product Description

The Meinl Byzance Extra Thin Hammered Crash is a hand-hammered crash cymbal in B20 bronze (80% copper, 20% tin), built extremely thin and light. The large hammer marks give it a dark, trashy sound with perfect sustain. A cymbal that channels a vintage sound character.

• Hand-hammered in B20 bronze alloy (80% copper, 20% tin)
• Traditional finish with hand-lathed top and bottom
• Made at Meinl's Turkish factory, quality-checked and finished in Germany
• Warm sound character with medium sustain and volume
• Wide sound spectrum suited to several genres

Sound Character

The Byzance Traditional series has a warm, full tone with great dynamic range, letting you control tone and volume with your touch. The Extra Thin Hammered Crash is extremely light and thin, with heavy hammering that gives it a dark, trashy sound with long, perfect sustain. The result is a soft, dark crash reminiscent of cymbal sounds from earlier eras.

Construction and Craftsmanship

Byzance cymbals are made at Meinl's Turkish factory using traditional craftsmanship methods built on deep skill and pride. Each cymbal is cast from B20 bronze alloy (80% copper, 20% tin). The cast blank is heated, rolled and cooled according to a carefully proven schedule until the correct thickness is reached. The cymbal's bell is then shaped before hand hammering gives the cymbal its final form. Lathed series like this one are hand-lathed before being sent to Germany for quality control, sorting and finishing processes such as laser logo, brilliant finish or sandblasting. This closed cycle between Turkish craftsmanship and German quality control and finishing is the key to Byzance's warm sound and consistently high standard.

Who It's For

With its wide sound spectrum, this cymbal suits players in rock, pop, fusion, latin and similar genres who want a dark, soft crash with long sustain rather than a short, bright attack.

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