Zildjian Power Crash Cymbal: Museum Object and Cultural History
Zildjian Power Crash Cymbal: Date made: 1990. maker: Avedis Zildjian Company. Object Name: cymbal.
The object in the museum catalogue
This cymbal was made by Avedis Zildjian Company in Norwell, Massachusetts, in 1990. It is a Power Crash Cymbal, made of brass, with a bamboo handle attached with a leather cord in the center of the cymbal. This cymbal was machine pressed and computer hammered. It is marked:
POWER CRASH 18” 45CM AVEDIS ZILDJIAN CO. GENUINE CRASH CYMBALS MADE IN U.S.A. ZILDJIAN
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1990
- maker: Avedis Zildjian Company
- Object Name: cymbal
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Physical Description: bamboo (overall material)
- Physical Description: leather (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 45.8 cm; x 18 1/16 in
- Measurements: overall: 2 1/8 in x 18 in; 5.3975 cm x 45.72 cm
- ID Number: 2000.0075.01
- catalog number: 2000.0075.01
- accession number: 2000.0075
- Credit Line: Gift of David Shayt
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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