The Most Cues?
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It's debatable, but I've have to say Meucci. They had such a strong decade in the 80s with Mike Sigel, David Howard, Jim Rempe, Louie Roberts, to name a few. And it carried over. They made many, many cues. Not to doubt the strength of the others, but I think Meucci is it.
All the best,
WW
All the best,
WW
Brunswick?
Brunswick.if you mean any type of cue.
Well, technically you may be correct, but I think the OP was really referring to somewhat custom cues.
If you really want to expand the field, whatever company made the most house cues probably has the record, but I don't think that was the inquiry.
All the best,
WW
When you take into consideration the size of the factories, how many you have seen being played with over the decades in various parts of the country (because how common and popular they are varies in different areas), how many you have seen being sold online and in person over the decades, etc (none of which are perfect gauges), I would guess them in this order:
Adam
McDermott
Meucci
Viking
Good answer.
I think he meant of the choices he offered.
If it was wide open I would guess Brunswick.
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Adam brands were pretty strong at that time as well. And don't forget they had been for a decade already.
I think it's very debatable...but I take Adam as #1.
Adam had a factory...Meucci was a cue shop...if you catch my meaning...
Heck, even the last Brunswick Willie Hoppe cues were made by Adam...for several years.
Of course, if you only count the cues that were labeled with the Adam logo, that's a different story. I would give Meucci a shot at #1 then.
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I think Adam as well....they also do the carom and snooker cue market.
A mass producer like Brunswick......I think Dufferin beats them, even though Brunswick
had a monster head start.....Brunswick farmed a lot of stuff out....
...for about 20years, Dufferin may have made more Brunswicks than Brunswick.
Dufferin had a world market....especially with house cues.
People would show me cues from exotic places....they were made in Toronto.
If you're only offering those four companies, I'd say McDermott. Without considering Brunswick, or house cues, the real winner would be Cuetec Cues. They have sold millions and millions of cues...not just in the US, but all over China and the Far East for decades.
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Thanks for the replies. I left out Brunswick and Dufferin and tried to stick to what many casual players refer to as "custom cues"
. I guess with a few inquiries to the companies we might get some ball park figures but I would think that
Adam
Mcdermott tied with Meucci
Viking
Yes Brunswick might be on top of most cues ever but like pt said they farmed out many of their cues.
Dufferin must have made millions!
. I guess with a few inquiries to the companies we might get some ball park figures but I would think that Adam
Mcdermott tied with Meucci
Viking
Yes Brunswick might be on top of most cues ever but like pt said they farmed out many of their cues.
Dufferin must have made millions!
In the 80's, compared to the Adam facilities?
We could argue what "factory" means all day I guess...but I did say "if you catch my meaning". So I guess you didn't catch my meaning.
Richard Helmstetter is legendary for developing the manufacturing of cues at Adam. It took decades for others to approach what he did...and some would say they still have not caught up. We now know them as Musashi.
Yes, Meucci made Maximum...and some others that did not have the Meucci name on them. And they imported the Medici line later.
In the 80's Bob Meucci was in the shop building cues. Richard Helmststter was not at Adam making cues. Hence I call the Adam facility a manufacturer and the Meucci facility a cue shop.
Not only do I not think that Meucci made as many cues as Adam, I don't think they had the physical capability to do so. They were not set up for that.
But, if you look at the business profiles of any of these makers, they will be listed as a manufacturing business.
Even Joss, Schon, JP, etc are formally manufacturing businesses. So they can be said to be factories.
So...sure, Meucci had a factory in the 1980's. You are right...but as I said, you didn't catch my meaning. :wink:
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