George had first picked it up while shooting the film Help but he only started formal training on the instrument after meeting sitava virtuoso Ravi Shankar in June of 1966.
Nevertheless, Aureliano Segundo became a virtuoso on the accordion and he still was after he had married and had children and was one of the most respected men in Macondo.
Silver cups of this date are now exceptionally rare, as so many were melted down, and among the survivors, few in the world can match the virtuoso skill of the Warren Cup.