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'''Introduction:''' 1989<font color=blue><sup>2</sup></font color=blue><br>
 
'''Introduction:''' 1989<font color=blue><sup>2</sup></font color=blue><br>
 
'''Discontinued:''' ?<br>
 
'''Discontinued:''' ?<br>
'''Background:''' A professional quality line that features a highly polished brilliant finish.<font color=blue><sup>1</sup></font color=blue> These cymbals had a wider tonal range than the other Meinl lines of this era.<font color=blue><sup>2</sup></font color=blue> <br>
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'''Background:''' This was the company's top of the line series at the time it was produced. <br>
'''Innovation:''' <br>
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'''Innovation:''' A professional quality line that features a highly polished brilliant finish.<font color=blue><sup>1</sup></font color=blue> These cymbals had a wider tonal range than the other Meinl lines of this era.<font color=blue><sup>2</sup></font color=blue>  <br>
 
'''Alloy:''' [[Alloys#B8 Alloy|B8]] <br>
 
'''Alloy:''' [[Alloys#B8 Alloy|B8]] <br>
 
'''Quality:''' Professional<br>
 
'''Quality:''' Professional<br>

Revision as of 10:40, 5 October 2025

Meinl Reference Class

Introduction: 19892
Discontinued: ?
Background: This was the company's top of the line series at the time it was produced.
Innovation: A professional quality line that features a highly polished brilliant finish.1 These cymbals had a wider tonal range than the other Meinl lines of this era.2
Alloy: B8
Quality: Professional
Applications: Studio, live
Sound:

Rides

Crashes

Hi-Hats

Splashes


Information from:
1 Modern Drummer Equipment Annual 1990-1991, page 73
2 The Cymbal Book (Hugo Pinksterboer, page 163)

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