I've seen this finish before and the one in your posted pictures does appear to be original.

There's one on EBAY right now with the same finish as yours being touted as original.

By the photo's it looks original paint and the right off-white color that S/L used..One way to tell is if you have the drum remove one of the lugs,paint under the lug should look new and better than the rest of the paint.If paint looks the same under the lug as the paint around it then its a repainted drum..Mikey

Thanks for the feedback! I was told that the finish was original and it appears so to me. However, I can't seem to find it catalogued anywhere during this era. Perhaps it never was "officially" catalogued, since it's not a duco finish or a pearl or sparkle wrap. I should be getting the drum tomorrow so I'll be able to check it out "up close and personal".

The paint, if factory applied. should probably be a Duco paint. Duco is a product line name for the Dupont company. The two tone paint jobs became known as Duco as a shorthand way of saying Blue/Sliver Duco rather that saying Blue and Silver Dupont Duco.

Once again, the dreaded official catalog designation rears its ugly head. I think that I might alter my collecting specialty to consist of drums or drum sets that never appeared in an official catalog, but are very cool. Once upon a time, music stores or individuals through a music store could order special features that don't appear in official catalogs from Slingerland, Rogers, Ludwig, Gretsch, and others. To a certain level, this is still somewhat possible for high end drums that will not appear in an official catalog. My three sets of vintage Walberg & Auge drums never appeared in catalogs because, to the best of my knowledge, W&A never issued a drum catalog. Fifty years from now, anal retentive collectors will blow off the current special orders as not being collectible because they are not in a catalog. I suppose that the "catalog-correct" collectors will disagree with me. I have no problem with that. We do things in our own ways.

check this Walberg & Auge catalog out, very cool pictures!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360409523377?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Thank you, that is so COOL!!! Jump For Joy

I live not far from the site of the factory and know the location well.

BGT