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Title: Inside The Sabain Factory
Post by: under13 on July 10, 2009, 12:55:22 AM

Thought you guys might be interested in this, found it on one of my other forums
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we stopped by the Sabian factory where they make the cymbals I use.

Castings:

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian1.jpg)

Cymbal blanks:

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian2.jpg)

Cooking the cymbals before pressing bells into them.

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian3.jpg)

Hand Hammering the cymbals.

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian4.jpg)

Lathing the cymbals.

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian5.jpg)

Stamping the cymbals.

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian6.jpg)

The Vault.  Kid in a candy store here.  Simply amazing.

(http://www.mikelobban.ca/forumpics/sabian7.jpg)

Title: Re: Inside The Sabain Factory
Post by: SneakerHead on July 10, 2009, 07:10:43 PM

Oh God, Oh God, Oh God. What would I do???

Title: Re: Inside The Sabain Factory
Post by: min_amw on July 12, 2009, 10:40:17 PM

Pictures don't do it justice. The personal experience is very intense! If you get an opportunity to go, by all means, do it!

Title: Re: Inside The Sabain Factory
Post by: lockslie1 on July 13, 2009, 12:04:50 AM

I gotta go. I'll go to any cymbal company that will give me a tour to be honest. ;D