The RUD. IBACH SOHN GmbH & CO. Kg in Schwelm is the oldest still producing piano manufacturer of the world. Based the enterprise belongs to 1794 to the prominent manufacturers of pianos and wings. Until 1904 the enterprise produced also organs. The enterprise is still led by the founder family; with beginning 21. Century the sieved generation occurred the enterprise.

History

Johann Adolph Ibach built its first board piano (Pianoforte) in Beyenburg for 1794. 1795 he restored the organ of the cross gentleman master of the place. Before the end 18. Century shifted it production into a rented workshop first to knight living, then to Wupperfeld in Barmen. 1817 established Johann Adolph Ibach a living and a factory building, in whatever he produced pianos and organs, whereby the special attention applied for the building of pianos. 1839 took over the son Carl Rudolf with its brother Richard the enterprise under the name Ad. Ibach of sons. First sales agencies were established in Duesseldorf, Bonn and meal. To beginning of the 1850er years belonged Ibach beside Cologne piano farmer hit a corner and Gebauhr in king mountain to the largest piano manufacturers of Prussia. Ibach advanced its export particularly into the Netherlands. 1869 were paged out the building of organs as independent enterprise. On the Viennese world exhibition 1873 the enterprise was distinguished. The enterprise extended and in such a way were added a sales depot with art carpenter's workshop into Cologne and a new factory into Schwelm.

Further a public instrument museum as well as the first music library of Wuppertal were opened. 1892 took over Hulda Ibach, the widow of Peter Adolph Rudolph, the enterprise. It led the enterprise, which in the meantime several hundred coworkers busy, twelve years long. In this time also the third factory in Berlin was established. Further the enterprise expanded and sold also to central and South America, in the Baltic, to Russia, Asia, Africa and even Ozeanien. Into this time fell different invention and new developments, so the the jet keyboard, the Ibachord (concert Cembalo), the conductor desk piano, the Ibach Welte wing and the Ibach Welte Pianino. The time after that 1. World war became for the enterprise the acid test. Apart from the omission of export markets the market for instruments became smaller by the invention of radio and Grammophon. The car replaced the wing as status symbol. By the changed customer's requests, above all however because of the smaller dwellings, the small piano was developed. The 2. World war brought strong destruction and so also those of the principal firm in Barmen. Therefore the work in Schwelm became 1945 the new head office. Production could be taken up however only 1950 again. The times of the economic recovery in the 1960er and 1970er years brought good times for the enterprise then back.

Owner

• Johann Adolph Ibach (1766-1848), founders, until 1839.
• Carl Rudolph Ibach (1804-1863), temporarily together with its brothers Richard Ibach and Gustav Adolf Ibach, until 1863.
• Transition way: Richard Ibach (1813-1889), organ farmer, together with widow Regine Emilie geb. Bruckenhaus.
• Peter Adolf Rudolf Ibach (1843-1892), starting from 1869 under the name Rud. Ibach son.
• Transition way: Widow Hulda Ibach geb. Rey, together with brother-in-law walter Ibach, 1892-1904.
• Albert Rudolf Ibach (1873-1940), temporarily together with its brothers max of Ibach and Hans Ibach, until 1940.
• Joh. Adolf Ibach (1911-1999), 1940-1980.
• Rolf Ibach (geb. 1940), starting from 1980; recently together with daughters Sabine and Christiane Ibach.

Important products

• the organ of the lock proud rock (the Rhine lock of the Prussian kings)
• the organ of the Basilika in Trier
• the first concert hall organ of Europe for the Barmer citizen company Concordia
• Ship wing and - pianos for high-speed steamers north Germans of the Lloyd
• Designer instruments after drafts of considerable architects and artists

fed world exhibitions

• 1862 London
• 1873 Vienna
• 1876 Philadelphia
• 1879 Sydney
• 1880 Melbourne (pseudo world exhibition)
• 1897 Brussels (except competition, Ibach was in the jury)
• 1902 Turin (pseudo world exhibition)
• 1904 pc. Louis
• 1906 Milan
• 1910 Brussels

Yard supplier descriptors

• 1876 prince Friedrich of the Netherlands
• 1878 William Ith, German emperor, king of Prussia
• 1886 duke of Saxonia Meiningen
• 1900 duke of Saxonia Meiningen
• 1901 king of Portugal
• 1901 prince to black castle special living
• 1902 king of Romania
• 1902 king of Bulgaria
• 1902 Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz
• 1904 princess Laetitia von Savoyen, Herzogin von Aosta
• 1905 emperors of Austria and king of Hungary
• 1905 king of Greece
• 1905 king of Sweden and Norway
• 1908 king Gustaf of Sweden
• 1910 duke of notion
• 1911 Louise Sophie, wife prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
• 1913 Grand Duke of Saxonia Weimar
• 1914 Grand Duke of Hessen and with Rhine

English honors through:

• Queen Viktoria of England
• Duchess of Fife
• Duchess of Albany
• Duchess of Buccleuch
• Duchess of Richmond
• Countess of Aberdeen

Literature

• Florian Speer:

Given change of the Bergi historical association, department of Wuppertal, by Volkmar in the number of "contributions for history and local history and geography of Wuppertal, volume 39". Wuppertal 2002, ISBN 3-87707-587-8.

• Florian Speer: Rud. Ibach son. World-oldest Klaviermanufaktur since 1794.

Sutton publishing house, Erfurt 2006, 128 sides, ISBN 3-89702-941-3.

Related links

• Homepage
• Virtual museum
• Ibach Orgelverzeichnis

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