Create affordable cymbals with never before realized sound quality and professional appearance • Draws on over half a century experience of creating real sound in affordable cymbals • Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production.

Create affordable cymbals with never before realized sound quality and professional appearance • Draws on over half a century experience of creating real sound in affordable cymbals • Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production.

Synonymous with dependability, Alpha cymbals are well known for first-class sound and fair prices since 1992 • in 2006, takes Alpha to a new level, advances these trusted qualities, and presents a completely revamped Alpha.

This is our answer to Heavy Metal and Punk, when extreme presence and volume is necessary • In the year 2005 the series was extended with Thin Crash models, which give the series more control and sophistication.

In the late 50’s Paiste experimented with the CuSn8 bronze alloy and pioneered CuSn8 cymbals in 1963 • In the 60’s the electrified sound generated was groundbreaking and popular music, simply stated, became loud and irreverent.

During the 1960’s the developing Beat and Rock music required a cymbal sound to match the new frequencies and volume levels and consequently in 1967 the Giant Beat series was created as response to this demand. • The 2002 was developed 1971 fusing the power of the Giant Beat with the differentiation of the Jazz series Formula 602.

Our continuous search for new ways to create cymbal sounds from manually malleable metals has taken us back to the primal and archaic sound energy of traditional CuSn20 bronze • From such alloy the Twenty series is made of and combines the Turkish ancient knowledge with the Swiss precision and our time-honored methods.

To create the ultimate cymbal sound reflecting typical traditional Paiste characteristics that expand sound horizons beyond 1980’s cymbal program known for 2002, Formula 602 and Sound Creation.

Create a cymbal line that permits absolute artistic freedom in the creation of cymbal sound • Maintain freedom to concentrate fully on the individual sound character of the respective models and therefore perfect liberty of any sound restrictions given by a defined series character.

Paiste first pioneered this featured production process with our innovative Reflector Cymbals back in the 1980’s • Unlike modern high speed buffing methods, Paiste Reflector Cymbals employ a proprietary surface treatment technique that generates a smooth, luminous, shimmering finish.

Re-created lost cymbal sounds from traditional Blues, Swing, Big Band, Cool Jazz, Be-Bop and Hard Bop era of the 1930’s to the 1960’s.