I think the ply layup also comes into question here.Being that those drums have a pretty light finish,the outer ply could not be mahogany.So I remember reading that Ludwig and Slingerland used mahogany for the outer ply on wrapped drums because of the porus grain held the glue better than maple.The same with stained drums where the outer ply was to be stained,maple would be the outer ply because of the light color and the tightness of the grain.So the question is,if this is true in all cases,then the interior ply must be mahogany....which it is not,or that is the lightest mahogany on the planet.So the inner plys may have been maple or poplar as may be the case with hawghunter's drums.now we have different ply layup besides maple/poplar/mahogany.We have mahogany/poplar/maple,maple/maple/maple,maple/poplar/maple(which is more likley) and possibly maple/mahogany/poplar,and lastly maple/poplar/poplar.But the grommets are still sticking up too high on those drums.Steve B

I was looking through the vintage drum identification section of this site trying to reference a semi translucent teal color on a set of what I think are late 60's/early 70's Slingerlands but I can't find anything. Does anyone know anything about this color? It's about the same shade of teal as the green on a pack of Newport cigarettes.