None I have ever seen. The only Rogers shells having any style of natural finish were the Wildwood series in 1967.

Why would a company go to the expense and trouble of staining a shell and then wrap it?

It was used to draw highlights through some of the more translucent wraps. See example in attached picture of the stained shell of a drum with black onyx wrap. I have seen this on any black onyx drum where the wrap has cracked. I believe it was used on the strata finishes too, but I'm not certain though I've seen evidence of it on pink strata.

I always thought that darker coloration was just due to the glue.

No, I've had the wrap off of a number of Rogers drums over the past 20 years that did not have stain. See attached.

Dan - I've never heard of it, but I think you've answered your own question! They probably used it on the translucent wraps. Be nice to be able to ask a former Rogers employee. I'm with K.O. I thought glue first thing myself. Interesting question.

John

Jerry Shields, on the Rogers Drums FB page. He tuned all of the Dyna-Sonic snare drums. He would know.

Thanks Ploughman. Unfortunately (or not), I'm not tied into Facebook. I thought someone here might know. We'll see. I think they may have been trying to achieve what was naturally occurring with Ludwig drums that had an outer layer of mahogany. I haven't seen any evidence of it on red or blue onyx, but for sure on black. After that, it may have only been used on the strata finishes. I am partly wondering if it had an impact on the wrap, whereas there seems to be a tendency towards more cracking and delaminating of those particular finishes.