Dont know about any Gollatta brand, but the Galotta brand was made in the Klingenthal region in Germany.
Had a Galotta 80 bass, an excellent instrument in perfect condition.
Galotta was the brand of G. A. Schlott & Söhne from Zwota and Brunndöbra, Germany. [MH] [WM]
source:
http://www.accordionlinks.com/manufacturer.html
source:
http://www.harmonikamuseum-zwota.de/geschichte_englisch.htm
I agree cheap Chinese made accordions are giving headaches to professional accordion teachers. Accordion beginners and students playing these cheap accordions encounter many problems with bellows control, due to poor quality, stiff bellows, air loss, ...
Cant find any advantage in these poor quality accordions, except for one... the low price.
But if you have to sell it, and buy a more expensive high quality one, in the end you loose ... twice.
The problem is not in China, its the Western consumer who doesnt want to make savings.
This is sweet music in the music instruments dealers ears, because they can make some good profits...
I know many professional accordion teachers will strongly discourage beginners to buy these cheap accordions. The teachers and accordion pedagogues know how important it is to have a good instrument.
Unfortunately, in some countries the dealers have more influence than professional accordion teachers.
To solve this problem, the qualified accordion teachers should be on top in the hierarchy of accordion education.
NOT the dealers. That is my personal opinion, and that of many accordion teachers.
By the way, why not invite some English speaking Chinese, active in the accordion industry in China, and some Italians from the Castelfidardo region, to this forum? We could ask for direct information, coming from the Industrial accordion makers.
Now, we are dependent on information from the intermediate dealers, but that way information can be rather fuzzy. I prefer direct communication from Italy, Germany, China, rather than believing anything dealers tell me.
I had many contacts with dealers, they all tell different stories...
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