Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Beauty Of Bosphorus Cymbals

By Angela Sullivan


Bosphorus cymbal company was started in the 90s as a small firm for the production of cymbals. By now, this company has taken the Bosphorus cymbals market by storm owing to the quality of their products. It has overtaken other leading cymbal producers especially due to the unique features that they produce. The endorsement by Jeff Hamilton and Stanton Moore is an indication.

Ibrahim Yakici, Hasan Seker, and Hasan Ozdemir are the founders of this company. These young men gained their experience after working for some time with the initial Zildjian company. There were disputes and divisions of the Zildjian company. This created a gap for these two individuals to exploit where they opted to start the Bosphorus company.

To the few who have been lucky enough to set their touch on this merchandise, they seem to have the adventure to tell. They are fascinating to use not only on the music quality that includes the tone and p[itch but also in their overall cost. As compared to the native ones which were best for jazz, they can be used for different music kinds.

Starting with their cost, they are relatively cheaper compared to other kinds of cymbal manufactured by other companies. Production of this cymbal is only done through hand work. No machining is involved. This, in the long run, lowers the cost of production. Their price, therefore, becomes lower. In Australia for example, they go for half the price of other brands.

The basic features of these merchandise are very similar to that of the Zildjian.In fact, if it is not for the logo on them one can easily mistake them to the K Zildjian or A Zildjian cymbals. This is totally understandable since Bosphorus views the Zildjian as their mother industry.

The newest brands of this merchandise from Bosphorus are a series comprising rides, hi-hats and crashes. They have received a huge demand from the drummers family in most parts of the world. An absorbing thing about them is that they are the first cymbals to be made of B20 bronze.

Though the use of bronze is the universally accepted raw material for the making of cymbals, the B20 type is very unusual for its ease of crafting and the quality of the music output. The talented makers of these products can easily work with the B20 bronze to make the weight even all over, shaped in the appropriate way and even the edges are well flattened.

Despite their traditional appearance, they have well designed with very attractive finishes. Their surfaces are covered multiple hammer marks on top which run through from the edges to the centre. Concentric circles are found on the bows of the cymbal making it extra attractive to the eye.

The outer beauty of these cymbals is not enough to define their overall performance. The raw material used in their manufacturing makes anyone using them to be in total control of the quality of music they want to produce. All users of these brands will not be ready to go back to other brands that they have used before.




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