To commemorate their astounding 400-year history of fine cymbal making, Zildjian sifted through their private family library of new-old-stock (NOS) bronze and hand-selected a series of vintage cymbals crafted between the late-1930s and mid-1950s. Among the resulting cymbals, the Limited-edition 400th Anniversary Vault crash is actually a brand-new 15-inch A Series crash, just one of 200 crashes and only 400 total vault cymbals that Zildjian is letting go of for 2023. This piece of Zildjian history — crafted at the original Quincy, Massachusetts, factory and hand tested by Armand Zildjian himself — bears a few stick marks and fingerprints preserved in time that just might include the prints of a curious artist from back in the day.

Model: A40015