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

Today the One of 100 cymbals have been unbagged and run through our automated washing process to remove the dirt. We actually had to run them through twice to fully remove all of the earth. Some of them are more rustic than others, depending on their location in the steel cage. Bob 'Sabian' stopped by to check on our progress and inspect the sound of a few.

They certainly have changed with the mid range more enhanced and the highs and lows have mellowed and are more subtle.

More as we prepare to trademark and serial number them over the next week.

-Mark Love from the Vault





Edited: 06/19/2009 at 02:43 PM by MarkLove

We have them all back at the factory now. They need to be cleaned up some, then our vault team will be going through each one individually to make sure everything is ok. We've tried a few and there definitely is a difference. Still too early to tell for sure, as they need to settle down a bit from being in the ground for 8 months. We'll know more in a couple of days.

In less than 2 hours we were able to unearth the One of 100 cymbals, pack them and send them to the factory to be tested.

Here is a sneak peek at the dig ... Enjoy!



Edited: 06/15/2009 at 04:11 PM by SABIAN's Blog Page Moderator

The cymbals are out and on the way to the factory!

We are at the dig site waiting for everyone to arrive. The sun is shining and the dig hole is sunken from the elements of eastern canada.

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Katie Robinson
eMarketing Coordinator
SABIAN Ltd.

Today is the day we're unearthing the One of 100 cymbals. In a little over an hour from now we're all heading up to the location to start the work. The weather looks ok. Maybe some showers, but otherwise not bad. Keep checking back. We'll keep you posted.

While Mark is making all the last minute arrangements for the unearthing on Monday, I'm making contact with all the owners to keep them up to date on the progress. Once we get them out of the ground, we still have a lot of work to do to prepare them for shipping all over the world.

More to come on Monday.

-Peter

In preparation for Mondays dig we have coordinated an excavator and personnel to handle whatever the sealed box 5 feet beneath the ground has in store. We've had a great deal of interest in how mother nature will affect the acoustics of these artisan cymbals. With all the logistics in,place we all look forward to switching from cymbal makers to archeologists on Monday.


Stay Tuned.


Mark