Greetings all,
Received an old wood shell timbale this weekend along with a challenge to save this shell from the trash. No makers marks or badges. Appears to be made from some variant of Mahogany, Luon, sepeli, meranti, whatever with a single oak reinforcement ring on the bottom only. Shell is conical, which presents some interesting geometry to deal with while clamping. Looks like hot hide glue applied liberally by a glue globber. Mostly intact, and not deteriorating. One of the five lug hooks is thread stripped and very bent indicating the initial damage may have resulted from dropping then nicely polished off to the point of making the drum unplayable by over tightening. bearing edges are a simple round over, in good shape. The patient is stable, and resting in it's neutral position, vital signs are good, shopping for prosthetic lug replacement before operation proceeds. Here's the pictorial spec sheet for your examination.
Glen
