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<blockquote><q>Very strange and always a fun mystery! I would not be surprised if a special block of briar was found at some point earlier, and set aside by one of the Alfreds into a “DR” box, to be finished later.  For example, Alfred is inspecting the briar one day, and he says, “Wow! This will be a wonderful DR... Put it over there for now separate from the regular blocks.”  Then maybe it gets lost or not used for a few years.</q> Steve Snyder.</blockquote>
<blockquote><q>Very strange and always a fun mystery! I would not be surprised if a special block of briar was found at some point earlier, and set aside by one of the Alfreds into a “DR” box, to be finished later.  For example, Alfred is inspecting the briar one day, and he says, “Wow! This will be a wonderful DR... Put it over there for now separate from the regular blocks.”  Then maybe it gets lost or not used for a few years.</q> Steve Snyder.</blockquote>
 
<blockquote><q>My guess is that the signature idea was much more about marketing a super-premium product with a story partly fantasy that continued past the death of family. Special editions of books of course had of course been given extra cache for many decades using signatures, limitations on number printed, deluxe materials, and more. And even  Martin guitars released a few models that supposedly had the personal approval and signature of one of the company’s grandsons.</q> Guy Lesser.</blockquote>