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Swish cymbal
Original design Zildjian swish cymbal with six rivets, mounted bell up
Percussion instrument
Classification
Percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
111.242.12+112.12 (Hanging bells suspended from the apex with rattles attached to a carrier against which they strike)
Inventor(s)
Robert Zildjian, Gene Krupa, Mel Lewis
Developed
1940s
Related instruments
Pang cymbal
Builders
All major cymbal companies, many boutique makers
The drum kit
Bass drum
Floor tom
Snare drum
Rack tom
Hi-hat
Crash cymbal
Ride cymbal
Splash cymbal
China cymbal
Not shown
Bongos
Rototoms
Octoban
Crash/ride cymbal
Sizzle cymbal
Bell cymbal
Swish cymbal
Cowbell
Jam block
Temple blocks
Tambourine
Tam-tam
Mark tree
See also
Drum hardware
Drum stick
Drum case
Trigger
Electronic drum
Drum module
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The swish cymbal and the pang cymbal are exotic ride cymbals originally developed and named as part of the collaboration between Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian Company. The current Zildjian Swish Knocker is a redesign of their original swish, with more rivets, deeper bow and shallower bell, based on a cymbal made famous by Mel Lewis,[1] who coined the name knocker.
Originally a Zildjian exclusive, both swish and pang cymbals disappeared from their catalog for a time but have reappeared. Other makers have also offered explicit swish and pang designs from time to time. Typical sizes are 16" to 22" for the swish, and 16" to 20" for the pang.
Both swish and pang have the upturned and flanged edge of a china cymbal, with a very small bell, a thin profile overall with little taper, and a relatively thick rim for their size and weight. Although principally ride cymbals, they can also serve as exotic crash cymbals, particularly in the smaller sizes and at higher volumes. As a ride they can be mounted either bell up, for a trashier tone, or bell down, for a more mellow tone and better access to the ride area; As a crash they tend to be mounted bell down, to give a traditional rim angle.
The swish has a higher tone than the pang and is washier with a less pronounced ping, and this difference is accentuated as the swish is generally sold with rivets as a sizzle cymbal, while the pang is sold without rivets. However some drummers remove the rivets from a swish, or add them to a pang, to create intermediate sounds.
Swish and pang cymbals are sometimes considered types of china cymbal, towards the mellow end of the spectrum, and cymbals that are swishes and pangs in all but name have also been offered as china types by both Zildjian and other makers. Ufip produces a swish china in 16", 18", 20" and 22" models.[2]
^"New 22" A Zildjian Swish Knocker with 20 Rivets | Zildjian.com". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
^"| UFIP S.r.l." Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
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