I got 1 of these cymbols, for my birthday from my cousin, I put it on my drumset and use it like a crash/ride, let me tell you I am so amazed, it has a very brigh full bodied tone when you use it like a crash, and the worlds most perfect ride like "PING" when you use it like a ride, and either way you use it the sound last for the perfect amount of time, it doesn't ring forever, but it doesn't cut off immediatly. My school also uses these a marching cymbols, and they sound great, like I said they ring for the perfect amount of time, and if you or (if your a band director) your percussionist isn't very big this cymbol is prety light and not to hard to hold for a concert of hours of practice I highly recomend this cymbol this one cymbol is better than my Zildjian crash and my Ziljian ride, I dont know why I even keep them on my set, because this is so much better than both of them.