MATRIXSYNTH: DBK Unique rebadged LEM Bit 99


Thursday, February 19, 2009

DBK Unique rebadged LEM Bit 99

via this auction

LEM Bit 99? Anyone know the relation between LEM and Crumar?

Update via urge in the comments:
"From your own site Matrix:knows his synths): [yep... stuff oozes in and out all the time.. It's why I created this blog, I just forget to actually use it sometimes. :)
that said...]

"It's a rebadged LEM Bit 99:
http://www.synrise.de/history/advertises/advert_005.jpg

...which itself is a rebadged Crumar BIT 99.

some insider info:

LEM is/was a subsidiary of General Electro Music, Italy (more known as GEM) and I'm pretty sure they bought the rights from Crumar to re-release the BIT 99 (under the LEM brand) when the Crumar company ceased to exist around the mid-to-late '80's.

Around the same time as this, Gem would buy the ELKA company (another well-known Italian manufacturer of musical instruments) which was owned by the other Crucianelli brother, namely Piero Crucianelli.
(Piero was brother to Mario Crucianelli who owned Crumar). '"



2 comments:

  1. From your own site Matrix:knows his synths):

    "It's a rebadged LEM Bit 99:
    http://www.synrise.de/history/advertises/advert_005.jpg

    ...which itself is a rebadged Crumar BIT 99.

    some insider info:

    LEM is/was a subsidiary of General Electro Music, Italy (more known as GEM) and I'm pretty sure they bought the rights from Crumar to re-release the BIT 99 (under the LEM brand) when the Crumar company ceased to exist around the mid-to-late '80's.

    Around the same time as this, Gem would buy the ELKA company (another well-known Italian manufacturer of musical instruments) which was owned by the other Crucianelli brother, namely Piero Crucianelli.
    (Piero was brother to Mario Crucianelli who owned Crumar). "

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  2. Yeah, I post way too much. Stuff goes in and stuff oozes out...

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