Color matching original ash shell

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I think the original above may have never been issued. It looks like that is the original shipping crate. It's a good example as I'm shooting for the color of a brand new drum. The shell above has been stained but still needs to be varnished. After that I think I will have a pretty close match.

Ash shell, oak hoops, Abner Stevens style tack design

More shells

Maple shell, oak hoops in progress; completed drum with maple shell and maple hoops

tack design

tack design was copied from a Thomas Bringhurst drum

Steam-bent maple prototype