Galanti Electro Music was an accordion

Accordion

The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

 and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 manufacturer from 1917 until the late 1970s.

History

Antonio Galanti started the Galanti accordion factory with his three sons in the small village of Mondaino

Mondaino

Mondaino is a comune in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km southeast of Bologna and approximately 25 km southeast of Rimini...

 Italy. Galanti earned his living by traveling throughout Italy showcasing his Merry-Go-Round, while continuing to develop the first Galanti accordion in 1890.
The first Galanti accordions saw production in 1917.
It was not until 1920 when a significant amount of Italians had immigrated to the United States

United States

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 that the Galanti Brothers saw an opportunity to grow and expand the company and started exporting the Galanti brand to New York

New York

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Ahlborn Galanti started making classical organs during the late 1970s and subsequently founded the General Music or GEM.
Similarly Marcello Galanti founded Intercontinental Electronics S.p.A., later known as Viscount

Viscount (musical instrument manufacturer)

Viscount International SpA is a musical instrument manufacturer based in Mondaino, Italy. The brand Viscount was registered in 1969 by Marcello Galanti, but the company was established in the late 19th century by his forefather Antonio Galanti. After 1969 Viscount’s primary focus has been on...

 International S.p.A to design and manufacture electronic organs after leaving his brothers in 1969.

Acclaim

Galanti produced a successful line of accordions, with its Super Dominator model leading the way in overall quality. An advertisement for the Super Dominator read, "This sensitive musical instrument will outperform any other comparable accordion. It is the supreme achievement of the Galanti artisans... the culmination of a half-century of musical craftsmanship." Chris Saccheri of www.letspolka.com writes, "This was an excellent accordion and one of the world's best during its time." Galanti guitars were also recognized for their craftsmenship and used widely by professionals at the time in Italy.

The Rock Era

In the 1950s, rock and roll emerged as the dominant force in music, and the accordion's popularity saw a dramatic decline. Like many instrument makers, Galanti responded to this cultural change by adding electric guitars and keyboards to its product line.