broken zildjian crash cymbal

sheik yerbouti · Newbie Alert Joined: 17 Oct 2001 Posts: 4

i recently cracked a 19" zildjian z custom medium crash. the cymbal is a few months over the one-year warranty date, but i would like to see if i could acquire some kinda reimbursement (if not a replacement cymbal) such as an in-store credit, os something of the sort.
my question is, who should i contact and how? should i try and call long distance to massachussetts and talk to a zildjian sales rep? there's no email address to speak of... i am considering emailing moder drummer magazine in hopes of a resolution.
any ideas or similar stories you'd like to share?

nick18drum · Newbie Alert Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Posts: 2

quote:
Originally posted by sheik yerbouti:
i recently cracked a 19" zildjian z custom medium crash. the cymbal is a few months over the one-year warranty date, but i would like to see if i could acquire some kinda reimbursement (if not a replacement cymbal) such as an in-store credit, os something of the sort.
my question is, who should i contact and how? should i try and call long distance to massachussetts and talk to a zildjian sales rep? there's no email address to speak of... i am considering emailing moder drummer magazine in hopes of a resolution.
any ideas or similar stories you'd like to share?

call the music store where ya got it
dude they can help

animolar · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2002 12:17 pm Post subject: broken zildjian crash cymbal

sheik, good luck getting the guys at your nearest music store to help you. I broke a 16" Z customs crash and neither Zildjian or my nearest MARS music could help me since I was over the warranty. But you do have a few options. 1]sell the damned thing to a begginer for cheap, cut your losses and move on 2]drill holes in the cymbal to the left and right of the crack at the farthest points you can see. this will stop the cracking any further, and eventually your cymbal will stop making that horrible sizzle sound that broken cymbals do. this is becuase the metal that touches creating that sound will eventually wear down due to the flex of the cymbal. 3]dont tell zildjian your year is up, and if they fall for it, you are a lucky man. Peace.

chrismeyers · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 7:56 pm Post subject: broken zildjian crash cymbal

hey guy get a piece of string tie it it a nail in the middle of the bell nail it to a board and use the other end as a compass like geometry class and have a pncil on the other end and you can then sand it or cut it down to a smaller cymbal it really works i have seen it done alot and if one of my cracks that is what i am gonna do

-=geo=- · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 3:20 pm Post subject: broken zildjian crash cymbal

i ve cut a few cymbals too...but they always lose their tonality,,,,

check whether the one year warranty was for the store or zildjian...chances are the supplier warranty may last longer