About Red Satin Flame
(7"x 4.5" scan of actual finish)
Click image to see finish on drums.
Red Satin came on the scene in the late 60s along with several other
colors. The Ludwig drum company, in their 1969 catalog, offered
the Satins (white, red,
blue, gold and charcoal), calling them
"Astros". However, the company decided to drop all of
them by the printing of their 1971 catalog. The Slingerland drum
company offered five colors in their 1966 catalog (white, red, blue, gold,
green), then later added tangerine and
lavender in their 1969 catalog calling them "Satin Flame Pearl."
However, Slingerland dropped all the Satin finishes sometime in the
1970s. The Camco drum company made them available on their drums
in the early 70s (red, blue, gold, purple,
charcoal and aqua) calling them
"Moire", but dropped them by 1975. In the Rogers
drum company catalogs we have, no Satin Flames finishes where listed
as being available (none listed in 1967 or 1973 catalogs).
Gretsch offered them in 1971 (aqua, gold, moonglow, and
peacock) calling them
"Flames", but also later dropped before the decade was out.
Even today, to our knowledge, none of these finishes are offered
by any of the major drum companies in their standard color list.
Even though, and even after more than 30 years, they have not been
forgotten. Today, they are very popular and purchased by
many individuals for their drums. They are considered inexpensive
(costing less than pearls,
sparkles, and
glass glitters), and have
the greatest visual effect of any wrap. We purchase our Satin Flame
finishes from the very same manufacturer that the above drum companies
used in the 1960s and 70s. Also, some of the Satin Flame finishes we
sell have more scratch resistance properties than the finishes available
in the past. If you wanted to be noticed in any crowd, and have a
piece of nostalgia to boot, than you too, may want to seriously consider
one of our spectacular, 3-D looking, Satin Flame finishes. Check out all
of our Satin Flame finishes.
See our History of Drum Wrap
to read the history of drum wraps. Then take a look at our
pricing information. We also sell
lugs,
tension rods, t-handles & claws,
base spurs,
rims and hoops,
floor tom mounts and legs,
tom arms and mounts.
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