Turkish Cymbals 16" Crash

For many drummers, a 16-inch crash cymbal is the first crash on the kit: big enough for a full crash, small enough to respond quickly.

More direct than the big crashes

In many series you can hear that a 16" sounds more direct than a larger crash: at this size, the Sehzade, Vintage Soul, Dark Hammer, Millennium and Xanthos-Jazz are drier, and the Ephesus gets faster and tighter. The 17-inch crash has more volume, while the 15-inch crash is more compact.

Bright, warm, dry or short

The Apex with its polished centre, the mirror-polished Rock Beat and the X-TR Brilliant deliver bright accents for rock. Loud accents in metal, rock and prog come from the explosive, metallic attack of the Ephesus and from the raw, darkened Raw Dark. If you play soul, funk, R'n'B or traditional jazz, a warm crash is a good fit, for example the Jazz Crash, the Millennium or the Vintage Soul. You get a dry sound from the Kurak, raw on both sides, and from the Dark Hammer with its stripe pattern; both are at home in funk, Latin, soul and R'n'B. Alongside the main crash, the Zephyros Crash Holey and the high-gloss polished FX and Sirius models add effect accents: their holes keep the sound short. For calmer practice sessions, the FX Silence is around 50% quieter.

Made in Istanbul

All 16-inch models are made in Istanbul from B20 bronze. Most of them get their hammer blows by hand; the X-TR Brilliant and X-TR Classic get some of theirs from a machine, and the FX Silence does without a hammer altogether. The other sizes are listed under crash cymbals.

As the official Turkish Cymbals dealer in Germany, we have been advising you personally since 2015 – with genuine expertise and shipping directly from Berlin. Whether as your first crash or an extra one, a 16" crash finds its place in almost any setup.