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Strange shell composition Last viewed: 3 hours ago

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I have owned several 1920's-30's Slingerland Artist model snare drums and all of them have had single ply shells of either walnut, mahogany, or maple. I recently acquired an earl 1930's Slingerland Artist model snare drum and was quite surprised to see a TWO ply shell. It appears to be poplar with a very thin inner ply of walnut. The white marine pearl is sandwiched between the two plies, which became common in the late 1930's. I spoke to Mike Curotto who owns hundreds of them and he has not seen this either. Just curious if anyone has seen anything like this?

[IMG]http://www.coopersvintagedrums.com/wmp_artist_larmat111.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.coopersvintagedrums.com/white_tone_flange111.jpg[/IMG]

Posted on 12 years ago
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I discovered a Sonor snare drum made with the same shell technique. Here is the thread( pictures aren't great)http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=31148 and then a 1956 Trixon snare, the same http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=31675, although in these cases the shell is in one continuous loop ,rather than two different woods making up the layers.

Neither Sonor or Trixon amalgamated the wrap into the jellyroll. They aren't really 2 ply, in the sense that plywood is because the grain is running parallel in each layer, with these. They are more of a 2 layer solid shell , to my thinking. The Sonor and Trixon shells are quit thin 1/4"-5/16".

Posted on 12 years ago
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