So... ive just been given 4 "broken" cymbals - HELP

SidewinderINC

SidewinderINC

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Ok, after my fun Cowbell thread, heres another drum related thread!
firstly i'm not in any way shape or form a drummer so here goes.

ive just been given 4 cymbals in the form of.

1x Zildjian Avedis 17" Rock Crash
1x Zildjian K custom 16" Special Dry Crash
1x Zildjian Avedis 17" Custom Projection Crash
1x Zildjian Oriental 18" China Trash

looking at the prices new of these things, they were once pretty good cymbals :p

each of them has a crack in it, just 1 crack in each but the severity of the cracks differs from a 1cm crack from the edge inwards to 3/4 circumference crack near the center on the 17" rock crash (think i'll throw this one out)

i know they'll never sound whole again even if they're repaired but is there anything i can do to attempt to make them sound reasonable and to stop them cracking any further?

i cant judge the sound of them currently as i dont have anything to mount them on to test the sound.

i know the elitist of you will just say "throw them out they're worthless" and i'll agree if we were doing gigs where musically orientated people were there, but we're just students at the moment :p

Cheers

Matt
 
yer, thats what ive heard, drill a hole at the end and maybe solder the rest up.

guess i could email zildjian and see what they say, but these are pretty old, and whilst they have quite a bit of wear in them the rest of the metal seems in good shape.
 
nah, none of these are in warranty anymore as far as i know, and i dont have any of the information for them even if they were.

that stack idea sounds pretty cool, wont chuck out the near enough dead one and see what happens there :p
 
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