Friday, July 6, 2007

Armenian Monopoly on Cymbals?

So... looking at these cymbals at a recent "rock show" (no. I'm not 40) made me think: Why are the brands on these cymbals all like Armenian last names? I looked into Zildjian and Sabian. Seems they are credited as being Turkish. But hey, we all know what the Turks did to the Armenians and how they stole their coffee, women, wealth, and cymbals! So anyway, apparently their story is much like that of Adidas and Puma: same family forks into different companies. The two are in a feud. Read more about it here:
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Zildjian

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