What's less known is that the Zildjian family has been making their famous cymbals with a secret process for more than 400 years. That's almost as long as BJ Leiderman has done our theme music.

Zildjian brand cymbals are everywhere. But how they're made is a 400-year secret. By Andrea Shea Published December 14, 2024 at 8:06 AM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:51 ...

Cymbals are made using expensive raw materials like copper, tin, and even silver (in trace amounts). When Seifried lathes a raw bronze disc to create a cymbal, it throws off razor-sharp metal shavings ...

Of course, said Lipton when asked if his dominant, bell-like forms were actually cymbals. They are symbols, he said, of “life’s positive forces” and man’s ability to survive.