Bill Chattin's ride cymbal with the keys (he uses keys on both his ride cymbals) -- photo by Mark Weber -- August 24, 2o14 -- &quot;Lennie (Tristano) actually suggested the idea of putting keys on a string on the ride cymbal -- around 1972-3 -- and I liked the change in sound and have stayed with it.&quot; [4/24/2o16 email to MW] -- &quot;I have keys on both my ride and my other cymbal next to my hihat (what many would call a crash, and where a crash would traditionally be) so, my cymbal next to the hihat is more of a secondary ride&quot; [email 4/25/2o16] ------ I told him how disorienting it is to see Lenny White play because he's a left-handed person who plays on a right-handed drum set-up. &quot;Yes, I saw Lenny White years ago. He is a great drummer. I didn't or don't remember that his ride is on the left. Funny you should mention the left hand/right hand thing......I'm left handed! I play the drums strictly right handed. When I first started, age 9, I asked my drum teacher about left and right handed. He thought it best if I learned right handed because, back then, when you marched in a band, the drum was on the left side and naturally lent itself to being played with the left hand facing up and the right hand facing down. The drum was carried off the left hip and naturally slanted down from left to right. Now they stick the drum in front of them perfectly level and play with both hands down......Actually, I'm somewhat ambidextrous.&quot; [email 4/25/2o16] ----------- I asked Cal about this cymbal thing and he said the crash isn't used that much in jazz, only in big bands, mostly for accents, because the crash has a fast decay, most jazz drummers use a variety of ride cymbals for that spang-a-lang.