The coolest thing with cymbals is owning and playing them, but there is one thing just a little cooler: owning a Prototype. And during the 2017 Zildjian Experience Tour, the ancient cymbal makers from Norwell in the state of Massachusetts, brought a whole line of new prototypes - and all for sale. Consider you actually buying or bought one during this tour, and it will not make it to production because of any reason possible; then you have something special in your collection. Or, when the cymbal will make it to production, you have one of the first ever made. Either way, your cymbal tells a great story.

Paul Francis, Director of Research & Development tells you all about the special features of these prototypes that only a few have heard of, or have in their collection.
For drummers, Paul's info in this video is candy, candy and even more candy. He talks about learning curves through the years developing cymbals for Peter Erskine, the details in how the sound of the cymbals are made with lathings - or without lathings even, and styles of hammering and much more.