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This
A BIT OF HISTORY
is the Trade Mark
In 1623
Three Hundred Years Ago
of the Original
of the Genuine
A. ZILDJIAN
CONSTANTINOPLE
TURKISH CYMBALS
V 7 OU won't blame us for the
* just pride we take in an-
nouncing that the Fred Gretsch
Manufacturing Company has
now the exclusive agency in the
United States and Canada for
A. ZILDJIAN & CIE Con-
stantinople Turkish Cymbals.
For 303 years the Zildjian
family has been making its
famous CONSTANTINOPLE
CYMBALS—cymbals so bril-
liant and distinctive in tone
that the whole world has come
to know and demand them.
Think of the amazing vitality
of a firm and a product that
can establish a record like that!
A. Zildjian, the last male sur-
vivor of the famous Zildjian
family, carries on the tradition
of the past. He is active in the
control of the manufacture of
A. ZILDJIAN cymbals. And
he promises us that it will be
his personal care to assure us a
constant supply of the thin, bril-
liant, balanced cymbals that the
American market demands.
From our large stocks we can
give prompt service on all
orders, large or small. Write
us for prices.
The Fred Gretsch Mfg* Co.
Musical Instrument Makers
Since 1883
60 Broadway
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Pilgrims had just landed in
America when in far-away Constanti-
nople the family of Zildjian were be-
ginning the manufacture of their now
famous cymbals. And from Constanti-
nople the fame of the new "Turkish"
Cymbals spread over the entire Moslem
world.
These Cymbals bore the brand
"A. ZILDJIAN*'
And when, about 1800, A. D., they
were first introduced into western
Europe and right tfp till 1865, the trade-
mark was, as always, "A. ZILDJIAN."
But in 1865, Mr. Avedis Zildjian, the
head of the Zildjian family died. His
brother, Kerope Zildjian, succeeded
him and changed the trademark to
"K. ZILDJIAN," under which brand
these cymbals were introduced into
the U.S.
Kerope Zildjian, too, has died.
And now, Aram Zildjian—"A.
ZILDJIAN"—for years active manager
of the Zildjian factory, and Michel
Durgerian, a grandson of Kerope
Zildjian and foreman in the Zildjian
factory, are manufacturing Zildjian
Cymbals using the famous old Zildjian
alloy and the ORIGINAL trade-mark,
"A. ZILDJIAN"
CONSTANTINOPLE
with, nearly 300 years of commercial
integrity behind it.
These two men, the sole male sur-
vivors of direct Zildjian ancestry, have
more than just their inherited rights
in the Zildjian trademark and the
Zildjian secret alloy. They have also
the practical knowledge and ability,
gained in the years of their actual
management and executive control of
the manufacture of the family specialty.
It is, therefore, no empty claim we
make when we say that
A. ZILDJIAN CYMBALS
Are the Genuine
ZILDJIAN CYMBALS
possessing all the traditional qualities,
made in the traditional way and beari ng
the ORIGINAL trademark under which
these famous cymbals have been dis-
tributed for the greater part of 300
years.