Sabian Custom-sized 21" Vault Artisan Ride one of 100

Monday the 15th of June we successfully excavated the 100 cymbals that we buried last October. You can see some of the highlights of that day below.

As we said from the start, the purpose of this promotion was not to prove or disprove anything. We did not set out to seek a definitive answer on the effect that burying a cymbal in the ground has on the sound. If that had of been the purpose, then we would have approached it in a much different way. Our only purpose was to give the drummers who have been curious about this sort of thing, a chance to own one. That's it.

Now, do we think it affected the sound? Absolutely. All we can tell you is what we believe happened to these 100 Sabian Artisan cymbals, not what we think will happen if you choose to bury yours in the back yard. What we've found is that they are definitely somewhat drier than they started out. That really is not that much of a surprise, as I think all of us expected that at least to some degree. The other apparent change we found, was that the high and low frequencies seem to have been subdued somewhat, and the mid's are more prominent. Definitely less overall "roar" as well. The intensity of the above does vary from cymbal to cymbal, because these are all individual instruments to start with.

Very soon our master product specialist Mark Love will be doing some comparisons that we'll post on our YouTube page as well as below.

All the owners have been contacted and informed of which number cymbal they will be receiving, as well as a reminder of the benefits we have put together for them. This includes an invitation to visit the Sabian factory in spring of 2010. We had people from literally all over the world purchase one of these, and we look forward to seeing them next year for a very special trip. We hope to be packing the cymbals in their custom made cedar cases very soon and shipping to the owners.

As promised, a portion of the proceeds will be going to charity. We are pleased to name the Children's Wish Foundation as the recipient of this donation. We look forward to formally presenting them with the cheque in July.

Thanks to all who purchased and everyone else for your interest in this promotion. Stay tuned for those videos so you can hear and see for yourself.

Peter Stairs

V.P. of Sales