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Artisans in Istanbul have been hand-crafting cymbals the same way for more than 600 years. Emrah Sipahi explains how cymbal-smiths forge and hammer them into shape. Mykhailo Fedorov has called for ...

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Artisans in Istanbul have been hand-crafting cymbals the same way for more than 600 years. Emrah Sipahi explains how cymbal-smiths forge and hammer them into shape.

The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly ...