My hopes were dashed today. I went to my local shop to order a steel 56 and was told they are out of stock for the foreseeable future. Could be weeks or months. The store manager is meeting with QBP in three weeks and hopes to get more info for me then.
This appears to be an East Coast thing only due to the San Diego dock worker strike. The frames can be unloaded but not reloaded to new ships for the journey to the East Coast.