Carl Julius Gebauhr
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Carl Julius Gebauhr (born February 9, 1809 in Haffstrom , Kr. Königsberg ; † May 9, 1881 in Königsberg i. Pr. ) Was a German piano maker .
Life
As a pastor's son, Gebauhr attended the old town high school in Königsberg. First in a Koenigsberg joinery, he learned his trade with a German piano maker in Moscow . From 1832 he was a sought-after piano tuner in Königsberg, until in 1834 he set up his own workshop with two journeymen. In 1841 he opened a piano factory between Lobeckstrasse and Rippenstrasse, whose excellent instruments were soon exported to all parts of the world . Gebauhr acquired the goods Willkühnen (Russian: Golowenskoje, no longer existent) and Alexwangen (Aralskoje) in Samland .
Gebauhr founded the Königsberg Conservatory and helped build the town hall with considerable funds . For the hall named after him, one son, the doctor Dr. Georg Gebauhr , an ore bust of his father.
The son Julius, authorized officer since 1877, successfully continued the company. When he died in 1913 and his children had taken up other jobs, the factory was closed.
Honors
- Commerce Council
- City councilor of Königsberg
- Royal Crown Order (Prussia)
Web links
- Dieter's piano stories. Data archive of piano construction
- Carl Julius Gebauhr ( The Piano in Polish Collections )
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gebauhr, Carl Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German piano maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haffstrom , Königsberg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1881 |
| Place of death | Königsberg (Prussia) |