Slingerland almost NEVER put the seam of the wrap under the lugs; it almost always was between two lugs. If you have yellowed wmp, most likely it's not a re-wrap.

The wrap on the 40's Radio Kings was actually layered between the plies of wood .You can check that out looking at the shell profile with a head off. There is a very close modern match to the R.K. wrap by Drum Maker .com called Aged White Diamond which is slightly yellowed and, has the large chunk pattern. I placed a sample against my 40's RK tom and,it blended right in !

[COLOR="Navy"]Right, as Rich K. indicates, "old" Radio Kings with original wrap should not have any seam under a lug. That would be a red flag for a re-wrap.

And in fact any factory-original Slingerland drum made before 1970 should not have a wrap seam directly under a lug. Post 1970 is a different story.

If we are talking pre-1957 Radio Kings, the wrap seam should be found in the middle between two lugs. It depends on what drum - bass, tom or snare - but for example on a pre-1957 solid maple Radio King snare drum with 8 lugs the seam should be in the middle of the second panel to the right of the 3-point strainer.

And to be clear, the wrap was only tucked on multi-ply shell drums, not on solid shells.[/COLOR]