Others were entirely made in their Chicago plant. Some of these instruments were made from remnant parts acquired after their buyout of the Schmidt organization. After buying out the bankrupted Oscar Schmidt Company, from 1939 until about 1942 Harmony continued to use the old underlined Oscar Schmidt logo on their “Stella” instruments. All instruments with an “underlined” Stella logo were made in Jersey City. Still others were purchased from various large Chicago factories like Kay, Regal and Harmony. Although many Galiano guitars were relabeled Stellas made by Schmidt, a fair number of them were made by independent Italian American luthiers such as Antonio Cerrito, Raphael Ciani, and Joseph Nettuno. Galiano” guitars were made by Oscar Schmidt.
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