{"id":268,"date":"2010-10-17T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robscott.net\/cymbals\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2015-02-25T21:26:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T03:26:32","slug":"k-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/k-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"K Zildjian – Canada and US Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The (Avedis) Zildjian company started making K Zildjian cymbals in a factory in Medutic, Canada in 1977. They brought a few cymbalsmiths from Istanbul to Canada at the time. This article provides some discussion of it:<\/p>\n

Iero, Cheech. 1979. Cymbal talk with Zildjian’s Lenny Dimuzio<\/a>. Modern Drummer<\/em> 3(2):20-22.<\/p>\n

Canadian K Zildjians (1977-1979)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe K Zildjian stamp from Canada was a copy of the “new stamp” from Istanbul. Here is another example<\/a> of a Canadian K, this one missing the words “made in Canada”, which was apparently common<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nUnderside of the Canada K has a medium sized letter K with a font that uses serifs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Later in 1979, Avedis Armand Zildjian and his cousin Mikhail Zilcan both died, and everything changed. Lawsuits ensued. Within a few years the Canadian factory would be producing Sabians, and the A Zildjian Company would make K Zildjians in Norwell, Massachusetts. <\/p>\n

Early American K (EAK) Zildjians (1979-1981)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The Early American K Zildjian cymbals or “EAK” cymbals are distinguished by a large K on the front and back of the cymbal. These were produced at the Avedis Zildjian factory in Norwell, Massachusetts, after the company won the rights to the “K Zildjian” brand. For a few years, they produced hand-hammered cymbals and thus they are included here.<\/p>\n

Also notice that “crash ride” is written upside down. This is common on EAK cymbals, but there are also EAKs that have the words written in right side up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nReverse side of the same cymbal. If it says “Zildjian” on the bottom side instead of the big letter K, it is not an EAK, period. This is the distinguishing characteristic of the EAK.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThis photo shows the irregular hammering pattern. Note the hammer marks on the bell, and the large K on the bottom side<\/em> of the cymbal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nThis is the stamp in the bronze, which is not useful for determining the age of the cymbal. The same stamp was used for machine made cymbals in the following years. Ironically, the Arabic text translates to “Avedis Zildjian” while the English says “K Zildjian & Co.” and this is the same combo of Arabic and English that the Zildjian company uses today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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(22 comments.) The (Avedis) Zildjian company started making K Zildjian cymbals in a factory in Medutic, Canada in 1977. They brought a few cymbalsmiths from Istanbul to Canada at the time. This article provides some discussion of it: Iero, Cheech. 1979. Cymbal talk with Zildjian’s Lenny Dimuzio. Modern Drummer 3(2):20-22. Canadian K Zildjians (1977-1979) The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscott.net\/cymbals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}