Tell me...When you look at the scarf joint of the shell, itself (not the maple reinforcement ring scarf joint -the shell scarf joint...do you detect any remnant of an old wrap tucked into that area? That is always a good way to detect a true Ludwig shell, too because they used to lay up those old shells by laminating everything flat and then steam bending the whole thing into a cylinder. Where the ends met, they would scarf joint the whole thing -so on all wrapped shells, some of the old wrap was forever embedded into the joint. Keller shells do not use that process and so, there will be no remnant of the wrap tucked into the scarf joint -In fact, there won't even be a scarf joint on a Keller shell! I think they use off-set laminations instead. The reinforcement ring will be cut differently, too.
Thanks!....
Attached are pics of the drum you think MAY be a Keller..this is the snare, sold to me as a jazz festival....also the badge from it AND the date stamped on the inside is the one saying April 24th, 1961 ....I wonder wot it could be?
...what exactly is the scarf joint?....I'll take a look later!....
I've changed the snare skin from the basic Evans G1 provided to an Evans Genera dry with the underneath dampening ring removed for more overtones.....sounding pretty good now!
Thanks...Si
