paiste

     

Paiste, a Swiss manufacturer an designer, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. Paiste is an Estonian/Finnish word which means "shine". The company's website indicates that "the correct pronunciation for 'Paiste' is 'Pie-stee', or as Mario Calire of Ozomatli says, 'It rhymes with feisty'!", the word meaning "sunrise" in Estonia. That sunrise can be seen in the logos for their 2002 line and their Twenty line. Irish readers should note that paiste is not related to the similar Irish-language word, páiste, pronounced poysh-teh, meaning child.

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