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The Bosphorus Antique Series Cymbals are a thinner weight series with unique lathed and unlathed bands that produce a mellow tone with a quick decay.
Drummers like the wide variety of sounds possible with these cymbals because of the varied lathing patterns.
These cymbals produce a bright classic sound as well as warm tones due to the unlathed bottom and partially lathed top and raw bell.
The perfect choice for almost any type of music from rock to jazz and everything in between.
Bosphorus Cymbals uses centuries old techniques including hand hammering and hand lathing to produce cymbals that are very traditional in sound but also have a modern look and feel.
Bosphorus Cymbals was founded in 1996 by 3 master cymbal smiths, Hasan Seker, Ibrahim Yakici and Hasan Ozdemir. They are known as Masters because they're the most seasoned cymbal smiths in Turkey who continue to be working actively.
The founders of Bosphorus were three good friends who were raised in the same community. Their common bond was being sent to work in a community cymbal workshop. Their modest beginnings included cleaning the work shop and other menial tasks, but in time they were trained in the skill of creating cymbals. In the very early ages of their youth they became cymbal smiths. Their instructors were the masters who created the renowned cymbals of 60’s and 70’s.
