Zildjian Cymbals
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Zildjian Cymbals is a renowned cymbal manufacturer, one of the oldest companies in the world, widely used by drummers across genres for its high-quality percussion instruments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zildjian Cymbals canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8653426 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zildjian Cymbals Context triple: [Ronnie Vannucci Jr., notableInstrumentBrand, Zildjian Cymbals]
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A.
Kartal (cymbals)
Kartal are traditional hand-held cymbals used by the Meitei people of Manipur, India, primarily to provide rhythmic accompaniment in religious and folk music.
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B.
Sō Percussion
Sō Percussion is an American contemporary percussion ensemble known for its innovative performances, experimental compositions, and collaborations across classical, indie, and avant-garde music scenes.
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C.
Mogami
Mogami was a lead ship of a class of Japanese World War II heavy cruisers known for their high speed, heavy armament, and participation in major Pacific naval battles.
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D.
Roland Corporation
Roland Corporation is a Japanese electronic musical instrument manufacturer renowned for its synthesizers, drum machines, and digital pianos that have shaped modern music production.
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E.
Josten Manufacturing Company
Josten Manufacturing Company was the original name of Jostens, an American company best known for producing class rings, yearbooks, and other school-related memorabilia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zildjian Cymbals Target entity description: Zildjian Cymbals is a renowned cymbal manufacturer, one of the oldest companies in the world, widely used by drummers across genres for its high-quality percussion instruments.
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A.
Kartal (cymbals)
Kartal are traditional hand-held cymbals used by the Meitei people of Manipur, India, primarily to provide rhythmic accompaniment in religious and folk music.
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B.
Sō Percussion
Sō Percussion is an American contemporary percussion ensemble known for its innovative performances, experimental compositions, and collaborations across classical, indie, and avant-garde music scenes.
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C.
Mogami
Mogami was a lead ship of a class of Japanese World War II heavy cruisers known for their high speed, heavy armament, and participation in major Pacific naval battles.
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D.
Roland Corporation
Roland Corporation is a Japanese electronic musical instrument manufacturer renowned for its synthesizers, drum machines, and digital pianos that have shaped modern music production.
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E.
Josten Manufacturing Company
Josten Manufacturing Company was the original name of Jostens, an American company best known for producing class rings, yearbooks, and other school-related memorabilia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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cymbal manufacturer ⓘ musical instrument manufacturer ⓘ |
| brand |
Avedis Zildjian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zildjian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| familyBusinessDuration | multiple generations ⓘ |
| familyOwned | true ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Avedis Zildjian I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
1623
ⓘ
Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndorsementProgram | true ⓘ |
| hasProductType |
china cymbal
ⓘ
crash cymbal ⓘ effect cymbal ⓘ hi-hat cymbal ⓘ ride cymbal ⓘ splash cymbal ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| headquartersLocation | Norwell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersRegion | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | musical instruments ⓘ |
| logoFeature | stylized Zildjian script ⓘ |
| majorProductLine |
A Custom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Series NERFINISHED ⓘ I Family NERFINISHED ⓘ K Custom NERFINISHED ⓘ K Series NERFINISHED ⓘ S Family NERFINISHED ⓘ Z Custom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
B20 bronze
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B8 bronze ⓘ bronze alloys ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-quality cymbals
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long company history ⓘ use by professional drummers ⓘ |
| oneOfOldestCompaniesInWorld | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Zildjian family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalCountry | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
cymbals
ⓘ
drumsticks ⓘ mallets ⓘ percussion instruments ⓘ |
| servesMusiciansInGenre |
classical
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ metal ⓘ pop ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| usedBy | professional drummers worldwide ⓘ |
| usedIn |
live performances
ⓘ
studio recordings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zildjian Cymbals Description of subject: Zildjian Cymbals is a renowned cymbal manufacturer, one of the oldest companies in the world, widely used by drummers across genres for its high-quality percussion instruments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.