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Publication 4235 W. 166th Street Oak Forest, IL 60452 (708) 535-2200 Tin Ear Lloyd Graff Business Bang (708) 535-2200 f a family business survives the second generation it’s an upset – if it Publisher prospers through a third, it’s a shock. Anything past that deserves a Dan Pels I (312) 342-6557 plaque in today’s mood of get-rich-quick and transitory commitment. But then there’s Zildjian Company, which began in Constantinople Managing Editor in 1623 (the city’s name changed to Istanbul in 1923) when Avedis, Jill Sevelow [email protected] an Armenian alchemist, was fiddling around with pots of metals trying to create gold out of base materials. He created an alloy combining Features Editor tin, copper and silver into a sheet metal that could make music Noah Graff [email protected] without shattering. Voilà. He took his surname of Zildjian from the Turkish “zil+ci” (cymbal-maker/seller) and the Armenian suffix “yan” Web Forum Editor (son of) and began a business that has defined the instrument and Noah Graff & John Iwanski [email protected] the family that makes it for almost 400 years. Zildjian has had its family intrigue and schisms, but it is still the Creative Director symbol of cymbals that we recognize today. Terry Ntovas [email protected] Around 1908, Avedis III and Aran Zildjian emigrated to the United States and began manufacturing their unique discs in Quincy, Mass. Proofreader They competed with the Zildjian branch of the firm in Turkey, but Doug Pav eventually absorbed them. Circulation Director Their big breakout came with the popularity of jazz and their Judy Palmer move into drum-set cymbals. Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Papa [email protected] Jo Jones all used Avedis Zildjian cymbals. Then Ringo Starr of the Sales Manager - East Coast Beatles really put them on the map. Avedis ended the practice of Bill Papp - 845-613-7329 hand hammering the product and went to an automated finishing [email protected] process to meet demand in 1964. Sales Manager - Midwest Today Zildjian manufactures the clangers in Norwell, Mass., Dianne Lach - 708-460-6383 but they are capitalizing on their brand with apparel sales from [email protected] their Z store and website. Sales Manager - West Coast Zildjian is a family business which flourishes with a bang, while Daniel Pels - 312-342-6557 so many die with barely a whimper. [email protected] Lloyd Graff ©2007 Today’s Machining World, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without the written permission Editor/Owner of Today’s Machining World™ is prohibited. Today’s Machining World is published monthly by Today’s Machining World, Inc., 4235 W. 166th St., Oak Forest, IL 60452. editors note SUBSCRIPTION/CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Basic subscription rate: US$40 for domestic/US$55 for international. Send address changes and/or subscription inquiries to: Today’s Machining World, P.O. Box 847, Lowell, MA 01853 or email [email protected] EDITORIAL: Send articles for editorial consideration to Lloyd Graff, Editor. CPC Publication Agreement Number 40048288 Canadian Return Address: World Distribution Services Station A, P.O. Box 54 Windsor, ON N9A 6J5 email: [email protected] July 2007 7 contributors July’s talent pool. Robert Strauss was formerly a reporter for Sports Illustrated and the Philadelphia Daily News, and a news producer at KYW-TV in Philadel- phia. Now a freelance writer based in Haddonfield, N.J., where he revels in his two daughters’ basketball prowess and their eye-rolling at his bad puns, his work appears most often in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times Today’s Machining World. John Grossmann is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as Air & Space/Smithsonian, Audubon, The New York Times Magazine, Inc., Reader’s Digest, Smithsonian, and Sports Illustrated. He’s often happiest writing about food, chefs and restaurants, which he has done for such magazines as Cigar Aficionado, Cooking Light, Diversion, Esquire, Food Arts, Gas- tronomica, Gourmet, Saveur, and SKY. He has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in journal- ism from Northwestern University. Jerry Levine was the Director of Corporate Studies in his 35-year ca- contributors reer with Amoco Oil Company. He was mainly involved with business planning and strategy as well as energy and environmental legislation and regulation before retiring in 1998. Mr. Levine was chairman of the American Petroleum Institute’s Motor Fuels Committee and chaired the industry’s representation at various state and federal regulatory negotiations. In 1997 he represented the oil industry at global warm- ing negotiations at the White House. He also helped negotiate gaso- line regulations for the Clean Air Act. A Chicago native, Jerry holds chemical engineering degrees from Purdue and Michigan. Barbara Donohue received her mechanical engineering degree from MIT. She worked in design, heat transfer and manufacturing for several years before changing careers to become a journalist. Now she writes about technology and business from her home office in Acton, Massachusetts. When not writing, she sings in a choir, volunteers as a literacy tutor, and is weekend “foster mom” to a yellow Lab puppy named Tikva who is training to become a wheelchair assistance dog. 8 Today’s Machining World NEW WinMax® Control Software takes machining to the next level. With intuitive software and real visual part representation, WinMax is a generation above any control software currently being offered. 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