"I am very happy to be working with Cymbal Masters. I am impressed with their passion for and knowledge of cymbals. This is an opportunity to expand our tradition of hand-hammering cymbals, originally brought to Sabian by Kerope Zilcan."

According to Andy's father, Robert "Bob" Zildjian, they moved the K. Zildjian factory to Canada in 1975. Its manager, Kerope Zilcan ran the K. Zildjian factory after his older brother Mikael retired. Kerope is still in Meductic, and the hand-hammered Turkish cymbal is still being made in Canada under the name of Sabian HH.

Crescent CEO, Michael Vosbein, adds:

"This new relationship offers Crescent the chance to expand our sound palette with production on two continents, taking advantage of the best craftsmanship in both the old and new worlds."