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 imnidiot
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Ashley PA
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3/28/2005 | posted: 8/30/2006 at 9:25:27 PM ET
My son and I have been looking at drums and cymbals during the summer. One place we looked was a drum store where the owner also gives lessons. While talking to him about cymbals, he said that they loose their sound after time. Another music store salesman who plays drums said he's had his cymbals for years and he never heard of cymbals losing sound. I know from being a welder and working with metals that certain metals do change after time. If there are any knowledgeable musicians who have heard this please reply, as I am curious. By the way, the cymbals my son bought are Zildjian.
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 maintube
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5/26/2004 | posted: 9/6/2006 at 12:23:46 AM ET
Never heard of that, and I am a percussionist as well as a teacher. One thing that can affect sound is the cymbals not being clean. An accumulation of crud can affect the sound, but probably not where anybody would notice.
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 Pete
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North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 9/6/2006 at 1:24:43 AM ET
I have heard drummers say that a build-up of duct and grease from sweaty hands and cooking and crud from ciggarette smoke deadens the brightness of cymbals, just as it does steel guitar strings.
But a clean brings them back to form.
Not so guitar strings, alas.
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imnidiot
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Ashley PA
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3/28/2005 | posted: 9/6/2006 at 6:37:57 PM ET
Thanks Guys. I forgot to mention that I have seen cymbals wit dents and cracks, which definately affect the sound, but that is more from abuse. I tried to silver solder a cymbal once, but it didn't work well. The temper must have to be taken out to properly braze, if that is even possible.
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