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16-inch Turkish Hi-hats from the Byzance Foundry Reserve Collection





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Meinl’s Byzance Foundry Reserve hi-hats fuse a buttery-smooth thin top with a crisp medium-thin bottom for a tight attack, smoky wash, and penetrating pedal. Most impressive is the hat top’s fully lathed, extra-hammered playing surface, which yields darkness, dryness, and complexity never before seen (or heard) in the Byzance series. The Byzance Foundry Reserve hi-hats shine under the scrutiny of the studio light with a clarity and purity that balance well with the rest of the kit and a touch response that will inspire any drummer to stand in their presence.





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Meinl’s Byzance Foundry Reserve collection brings untouched nuance and tonality to the exalted Byzance cymbal series. These handcrafted works of art exhibit layers on layers of texture and range. Their fully lathed playing surfaces feature exhaustive amounts of hand hammering for expanded dryness, darkness, and musical complexity, resulting in a cymbal series that is at once traditional and modern to suit all forms of music. Every Meinl Byzance Foundry Reserve cymbal you buy from Sweetwater ships in a collector’s box with a typed letter from Roland Meinl, a pair of unlacquered cymbal gloves, and a set of Meinl Stick and Brush Standard drumsticks.





Meinl Byzance Foundry Reserve 16-inch Hi-hat Cymbals Features:


Buttery-smooth thin top


Crisp medium-thin bottom


Tight, defined attack


Dark, smoky wash


Penetrating pedal


Suits modern and traditional forms of music


Exquisitely handcrafted from B20 bronze


Made in Turkey


Fully lathed tops and bottoms balance attack and wash


Hand-hammered playing surface exhibits unmatched darkness, dryness, and complexity


Ships in a collector’s box with letter, cymbal gloves, and sticks