Cymbal manufacturers

Cymbal manufacturers manufacture cymbals for percussionists and other musicians.

Bellotti was a small Italian cymbal workshop that produced cymbals from the 1950s until the 1970s.

Because so few of these vintage cymbals exist on the market today (they are much less prevalent that some other vintage Italian contemporaries, such as Zanchi), Bellotti remains one of the more obscure names in cymbal manufacturers. Most Bellottis are relatively small 12"-15", and quite heavy. Their craftsmanship displays a fine lathing on top and bottom and very broad, circular-peen hand-hammering. The cast bronze cymbals are of a B20 alloy. The bellholes of most Bellottis are of small aperture, which suggests a fabrication date prior to the 1960s or earlier. Very finely crafted, most existing examples are likely to have been hand or field cymbals, due both to their weight and diameters.

The tell-tale insignia is an embossed stamp on the underside of the cymbal. There are two versions of this stamp. The first simply reads "Bellotti" on capital block letters. The second version also reads "Bellotti," but also incorporates the logo of a bell. Often, Bellottis have an embossment that reads "Italy" or "Made in Italy" in a semicircular pattern. This embossment appears on other Italian cymbals of the 1940s-1960s.

Bettis Custom Cymbals is a one-man "artisan" shop run by full-time independent cymbalsmith Matt Bettis. Established in 2006, Bettis Cymbals provides high-end, custom cymbals, handmade using raw cast B20 cymbal blanks supplied by members of the Zildjian family. Beginning in June 2014, the Nomad project began with Matt Bettis travelling across The United States making cymbals on the road in his mobile cymbal shop. Each Bettis Nomad cymbal is marked with a serial number and the location in which it was made.

Roberto Spizzichino (1944–2011) was an Italian jazz drummer and renowned master cymbalsmith. Spizzichino lathed and hand-hammered cymbals in his workshop in San Quirico, Tuscany in the tradition of the K Zildjian cymbal makers from Istanbul.

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