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Hand-hammered 14" Brass Hi-hat Cymbal (Medium)





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A&F's Ramy Antoun and Sabian's Mark Love share a passion for transforming everyday materials into musical works of art. Their friendship has brought about an entirely new concept in cymbals. Introducing the A&F Ankh series: a collection of artisan brass cymbals treated with the same care, dignity, and gravitas as Sabian's flagship B20 bronze cymbals. These brass cymbals exhibit a warmth, richness, grit, and natural compression unlike anything else currently on the market. Ankh cymbals are hand formed and ear tuned in small batches by Sabian's master cymbal crafters in Meductic, New Brunswick, with giant bells, exhaustive hand-hammering, and a desert-y dryness that's totally unique among others in their class. If you're looking for a hi-hat that veers left of center, be sure to take this A&F Ankh 14" hi-hat cymbal for a test drive.





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Only a company like A&F could dare to dream up a cymbal collection as bold as the Ankh series. And only Mark Love and the cymbal artisans at Sabian had the know-how to bring A&F founder Ramy Antouns's dream to life. Master craftsmen hand-pour hours of sweat and tears into every cymbal released under the A&F Ankh name. As a result, they're made in small batches using old-world craftsmanship, for a sound you simply won't find anywhere else.





Hand-hammered brass cymbals: a world first





Despite the fact that brass is considered a premium alloy in concert and marching horns, brass cymbals have gotten a bad wrap over the years. And with the A&F Ankh collection, Ramy Antoun and Sabian have set out to change that. These illustrious hi-hats are tempered, formed, circled to size, and hand hammered from a solid blank of brass to create an entirely new (old) sound in cymballurgy. If you're into dark, artisan, lo-fi-sounding cymbals that exhibit incredible control and touch response, you're going to fall hard for A&F Ankh brass cymbals from Sweetwater.





"There's so much potential in this alloy [brass] that we have overlooked for the last 40 years." ? Mark Love, Sabian's Director of R&D


A&F Ankh 14" Brass Hi-hat (Medium) Features:


A collaboration between A&F and Sabian


Musically rich brass cymbals ? a world first


Crafted from the same brass alloy used in premier brass instruments


Handcrafted in the same way as Sabian's flagship bronze cymbals


Warm, rich, gritty, and naturally compressed tone


Unbelievable darkness and dryness


Hand-hammered edges, bows, and bells


Each cymbal is hand tuned and ear tested


Control for the studio


Giant bells supply output for the stage


Rubber stamped logos give artisan A&F Ankh cymbals a touch of those sought-after Sabian visuals.