Calton was the market leader in the flight cases for a long time. In fact they filled the market need for a max strength flight case so well that they we're the default choice in a way. But the troubles in the late 2000s that afflicted the brand in north America was also the opportunity for a number of competitors to get a big boost as a result - Hoffee especially benefited as many luthiers were forced to look for another flight case supplier. But others like karura and accord mist have also obtained higher sales as well.
As an unintended consequence of that, we as consumers today have a wider range of choices for flight cases - the new calton cases and main stage cases for the proven fiberglass cases, hoffee, mature and accord for carbon fiber and visenut for AND.
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