This is a Zildjian ride cymbal, 21 inch, model A20079. Zildjian mixes and rolls its own bronze rather than buying finished blanks, and the lathing and hammering that set the pitch and decay are done on its own machines.
The pulse of a kit, played hour after hour, where stick definition has to stay readable under everything else.
Avedis Zildjian Company has been casting cymbals since 1623 and has made them in Massachusetts since 1929, where its B20 bronze alloy is still mixed and rolled in house.
