hello Paul,
referencing the webpage:
For over 100 years, petosa has been dedicated to making the finest accordions in the world. Our pioneering handcrafted methods are still employed today to ensure our uncompromising standards of quality, in turn ensuring that the petosa accordion remains the peerless instrument of uncompromising...
petosa.com
"petosa is pleased to be in partnership with Voci Armoniche to bring this pioneering concept to market - now available in select
petosa models."
this is part of a larger pagefull strongly promoting the Bluestar reed
and it's being integral to the continuing improvement/Future of the Petosa line
in the Americana line, bluestar is an option on some models as well,
(as previously reported by customer orders) and having no connection
to the Bugari/Zero factory
referencing Bugariarmando website
they have only one listed, authorized dealer in the USA (Emilio)
and they make no direct reference on their website to BlueStar reeds
that i could find at all
their vast product catalog seems to make no mention of Bluestar reeds
at all or offer them as an option
from what i can find, it does not seem ArmandoBugari has any special
relationship. mutual promotional association, or commitment to
Bluestar reeds, the company who makes them, or any future reliance
on them
it does appear Petosa, on the other hand, is directly aligned with
Bluestar reeds and the reedmaker
decades ago, top professional model Petosa accordions arrived from
ZeroSette bare-bones, and petosa finished them in Seattle.. specifically
that meant Keyboard regulation and Reed installation and tuning.. a tour
of the facility always included show and tell with raw reedsets from
the huge stock kept in the warehouse area and often some model
on the shopfloor in process of being finished and made ready for sale..
that was during the period where Zero still had their original factory
and no connection to Bugari
most if not all Pro models were pre-ordered, built, and finished to
the customers preference back then, and i would not be surprised
if they still are to this day
it has been forever since i personally visited or saw their operations,
but the current information available seems to suggest (to me) that
they still maintain direct control over many aspects of their accordions,
and their relationship with Bluestar is direct, not through Bugari.
if Bugari is installing the reeds prior to shipping a "petosa" to Seattle,
i am inclined to think it is at the specific direction of Petosa from exclusive stock
of Reeds contracted and acquired from a direct connection with the
reedmaker and provided to Bugari for the specific fulfillment
of Petosa contracting
hence my post, knowing what i know (knew) and assuming there are
at any given moment a large inventory of Bluestar reedsets
physically in the warehouse in Seattle and the very public
connection on the website committing the two companies
to a long term relationship of mutual benefit, and the specific
question being the amount of yearly business/inventory volume
required to "be" a Voci-Armoniche distributor and that surely
Petosa would qualify
so there are perhaps a few "why's" unanswered
but gee it's been a month since that subplot was discussed and i
had to go back and reference everything again to even get my
bearings.. chalk up another long-winded poorly punctuated post !
have you seen any handshaking between Bugari and Voci ?
or can Bugari source reeds from whomever they want without
it affecting their marketing ?
