Ian quote.."All companies make mistakes...look at Gem, for instance; there's a company that couldn't even stay in business, but you don't mention their blunders....perhaps it is because you own one of them?"


History lesson for Ian..
The Galanti family has been in the instrument manufacturer business since 1890...Three short years after Yamaha origination (1887)....and the caliber of manufactured products by the Galanti family was far superior than that of Yamaha during the early years and the following 50 years after..

To claim a family owned business failed after a 120 year run is ridiculous..
The Gem division is gone (apparently)..but I believe the Galanti's are still active..

How many family business do you know that lasted 120 years?

BTW: as far as I know ..they never made low quality. poor product..their products were always at the top...