Could somebody please help me value this cymbal/work out how old it is. I brought it for £20 from my idiot of a music teacher as school. I found it lying abandoned in the store cupboard covered with dust. It turned out to be a Zildjian Ride. It sounded beautiful and i fell in love. Please reply and i can link you to a few pictures.
20" diameter
5 1/2" bell
1/2" hole
Small engraving on front, 2" in from the edge reads
'*Zildjian Arabic Logo*
AVEDIS
ZILDJIAN Co
GENUINE
TURKISH CYMBAL
MADE IN USA'
On the back is what looks like an ink stamped 'Zildjian' about 2" high, and 5" wide. (I've heard many different things about when they started ink stamping. Anything from post-80's to only pre-50's)
Only the top is hammered with small marks. The bell is very thick and gives an amazing ping sound, thickness decreases towards the edge All in all a very loud cymbal so I'm thinking post-Ringo at least, if not later. From the condition it was in it seems to be pretty old, but it was in a school environment... so i have no idea at all how old it is. Could be 5-50 years for all i know.
