Zildjian has had a particularly fruitful past couple of years with the introduction of the vintage style K Keropes, and the latest off the K production line is this beauty - the K Constantinople ...

(SOUNDBITE OF METAL DING) SHEA: The company's proprietary alloy was alchemized 13 generations ago in Constantinople - now Istanbul - by Debbie Zildjian's ancestor, Avedis I. DEBBIE ZILDJIAN ...

No injuries were reported. Zildjian is a cymbal and drumstick manufacturer. The company is nearly 400 years old and was founded in Constantinople, which is modern-day Istanbul, Turkey.

Zildjian has been making cymbals since it was established in Constantinople in 1623. The company moved to Massachusetts in 1929. Vic Firth Co. started in 1963 as a wood-turning company that also ...

Armand Zildjian, then president of the Avedis Zildjian Company, introduced the K Zildjian Constantinople series in back 1998. The aim was to recreate the look, feel and ultimately the sound of the ...