SKF NOTE: Wiiliam F. Ludwig Jr., former President of the Ludwig Drum Co., comes to mind everytime I walk by rawhide dog bones or chews in pet products sections of food stores.

Specifically, I  remember a conversation Mr. Ludwig and I were having about the birth of plastic drum heads and the demise of calfskin drumheads.

The base product for calfskin drumheads, said Mr. Ludwig, are now those rawhide dog bones.

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