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Re: Golden Era

Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2018-03-25 19:29

Remember people in the '70s, now sometimes thought of as the Golden Age, saying the Buffet was no longer as selective with the wood and had changed the aging routine to speed it up because of demand--more people worldwide were buying top instruments than in previous decades. None of the people I heard say this had any particular connection with Buffet, so it was probably speculation and urban legend. Still, world demand has probably increased steadily, and there have been lots of times when Buffet's profit margin has been problematic. Don't know that I've seen any kind of authoritative description of changes in the protocols for handling grenadilla billets at Buffet, or the finishing time per instrument, over time. The phenomenon of people selling new instruments after doing work on the pads, springs, tone holes and so on was certainly alive and well during the Golden Age. There were fewer cost-saving materials "innovations," though.

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