Nice drum indeed! I presume it has a solid shell. Careful, don't over tension that old beauty.

No, it's 3 ply mahogany with maple rerings.

I have it fairly tight but no too much. What happens if you over tension it?

cheers.

Nice... love that duco!!

If I have read and understood correctly duco finishes came out around 1936.. when looking at your drum is struck me that another kind of duco finish that looked very similar came out around 1936... I wonder if that is coincidence??

Three ply is good and it probably is a very nice playing drum. Re over tensioning.... Those drums aren't made for today's high tensioning. The lugs can be a bit fragile and more importantly, they just sound great at a medium tensioning. Enjoy that beauty.

Hi Jim,

I think you'll find that it is a "Radio King Hollywood Ace Swing Model" from 1940.

I have attached a link from this website showing the catalog page.

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/images/catalogs/slingerland/1940_slingerland_pg4_large.jpg

Nice, Yep... I was really referring to the introduction of duco finishes in general.

Your comment that is was a "war years" drum; combined with that dark blue over light blue combination just made me think... Wow, that drum is painted exactly light the carrier based aircraft in world II. Dark blue looking down at the ocean, light blue looking up at the sky.

So I went digging to see when duco's hit the market... and for Slingerland, if I understood correctly, it was around 1936. That would match up with the onset of combat operations of carrier based aircraft (from England) and the development of the camo patterns they used.

Every artist has a source of inspiration... so I was just wondering what inspired the duco finish on drums. :)

Thanks Jim,

I didn't know about the "battleship" colour idea from the war.

cheers,

Kevin