Johannes Adolph Ibach

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Johann Adolphus Ibach

Johannes Adolph Ibach (born October 17, 1766 in Lüttringhausen , † September 14, 1848 in Barmen ) was a German piano maker .

Ibach founded a piano manufacturing workshop in Beyenburg in 1794 , which later became the Ibach GmbH . After building his first table piano and restoring the organ of the Kreuzherrenkloster von Beyenburg , he built his own workshop in Rittershausen in 1800 . In 1806 he moved his business to Wupperfeld and finally in 1817 to Unterbarmen , where he had a residential and factory building built. At the age of 73 he handed the factory over to his sons Carl Rudolf and Richard. He was a member of the Freemason Lodge Friedrich Wilhelm in Bonn on the Iron Cross .

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SURNAME Ibach, Johannes Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German piano maker
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Luettringhausen
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1848
Place of death Barmen