Sabian 15-Inch HH Thin Crash Cymbal

Steeped in tradition, warm, imaginative, and emotional, Sabian Hand Hammered Series Cymbals speak with a musical darkness steeped in nearly 400 years of cymbal making history.

SABIAN artisans craft secret process bronze into soulful cymbals, rich with dark, traditional tone. It's a complex blend of sounds that comes together in a warm, musical mix capable of motivating the musician in any discerning drummer. Individually unique, Hand Hammered is the cymbal with a sound that is a piece of art.

Sabian Hand Hammered Series Thin Crash Cymbal

Very musical sound is low, dark and warm. Full-bodied response is impactful, with rapid decay rate.

Amazon.com Product Description

The traditional hand hammering construction of Sabian's HH line of cymbals creates a dark, musically complex and highly personalized tone that makes HH the choice of players seeking a uniquely dark, one-of-a-kind sound of their own. This 15-inch thin crash cymbal has a full-bodied musical response that's low, dark, and warm and with rapid decay.

Specs Size: 15 inches Style: Vintage Sound: Dark Metal: B20 Weight: Thin Finish: Natural/Brilliant

HH Line Key Features

Hand Hammering. Shapes the cymbal and its sound, with each blow increasing the tonal richness and complexity of that sound. Its low-pitched warmth and darkness makes the HH blend into the music, making it fuller, richer... more complex and interesting.

Hand Lathing. Lathing cuts away the raw surface of a cymbal, creating grooves through which vibrations travel and generate tone.

Did You Know? In the 1970s, master hand hammering artisans from Istanbul, Turkey, moved to Meductic, where they created the HH series. Today, our master hammering artisans continue the traditional art of the hand hammered cymbal.

Play the Right Cymbals

Every cymbal has its strengths and limitations. Hitting a smaller or thinner cymbal harder and harder to get a bigger sound or make it louder isn't the answer. It wasn't designed to be so loud. So don't use small, thin cymbals for high-volume, hard-hitting playing (unless you want a contrast in your set-up... but don't hit them as hard as the rest.) For volume, power and durability, choose bigger and heavier models. And consider the brighter sounding series, like AA, AAX, PRO and Sonix. Their sounds are higher pitched and more effective at cutting through a loud band. Lower pitched series, like Hand Hammered and HHX, also offer models suitable for powering any style of music.