▁ 3 0 s , ▁this ▁traditional ▁spl ash ▁c ym bal ▁was ▁not ▁seen ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁in ▁main stream ▁music ▁until ▁Stewart ▁Cop eland ▁playing ▁in ▁The ▁Police ▁brought ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁prom in ence . ▁Thanks ▁to ▁a ▁to y ▁c ym bal ▁he ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁trip ▁in ▁Asia ▁and ▁which ▁he ▁brought ▁to ▁P ais te , ▁heav ier ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als , ▁more ▁su ited ▁to ▁this ▁style ▁of ▁drum ming , ▁were ▁soon ▁available ▁and ▁started ▁being ▁heavily ▁commercial ized . ▁ ▁A ▁third ▁phase ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als ▁occurred ▁when ▁ch ina ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als ▁became ▁popular . ▁These ▁added ▁a ▁new ▁dimension ▁to ▁drum ming ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁right , ▁and ▁also ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁c ym bal ▁stack s . ▁ ▁Several ▁other ▁types ▁that ▁are ▁now ▁regarded ▁as ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als , ▁such ▁as ▁bell ▁and ▁s als a ▁c ym b als , ▁have ▁more ▁quietly ▁been ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁k its ▁of ▁leading ▁drum mers ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁catalog ues ▁of ▁major ▁c ym bal ▁manufact ur ers ▁over ▁the ▁years . ▁Today ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁color ▁of ▁an ▁extended ▁drum ▁k it ▁is ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als ▁available . ▁ ▁Types ▁ ▁Trad itional ▁ ▁Trad itional ▁spl ash ▁c ym b als , ▁as ▁first ▁popular ized ▁by ▁Gene ▁Kru pa , ▁are