History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . •;?„#* • • • - HtVH -? •• ???<? -. o »-3 NEW YORK. 105 makers, Mount Vernon, appear for the first was a union of Adam Geib, the teacher, and JohnGeib, a practical pianoforte-maker, who arrived freshfrom London. The name of Geib became very promi-nent later in New York. John Geib, the inventor of the grasshopper action, alsothe buff stop for squares, which was patented No-vember 9th, 1786, in London, was the father* of the Johnand Adam Geib, piano-makers, referred to. The familywas German originally, as
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . •;?„#* • • • - HtVH -? •• ???<? -. o »-3 NEW YORK. 105 makers, Mount Vernon, appear for the first was a union of Adam Geib, the teacher, and JohnGeib, a practical pianoforte-maker, who arrived freshfrom London. The name of Geib became very promi-nent later in New York. John Geib, the inventor of the grasshopper action, alsothe buff stop for squares, which was patented No-vember 9th, 1786, in London, was the father* of the Johnand Adam Geib, piano-makers, referred to. The familywas German originally, as the name indicates. JohnGeib, Sr., of grasshopper-action fame, was one of the twelve apostles, who came to England from Germanyin T760 and founded the piano business there. It wasthrough these men Broadwood, Stodart, and othermakers acquired a knowledge of piano making, whichgoes to illustrate the far-reaching influence of the Ger-mans in music and art. The Geibs—John and Adam—appear in the 1807 direc-tory on Leonard near Broadway. Before 1809 JohnGeib evidently died, for his name disappears out of thisrec
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