no, they are not stealing the c f m a etching. This accordion was auctioned off at the CFMA awards. The winner chose a different type of rosewood, tulip i believe it was instead of the brazilian rosewood.

I was high bidder, but never made the reserve. It eventually sold offline for quite a bit more than the high bid on ebay. A quick word of warning: An attempt (and a fairly convincing one at that) was made to fraudulently create an EBAY Second Chance offer. I was suspicious and contacted Larry Miller directly. Sure enough, the 2nd chance EBAY offer was bogus.