Schiedmayer harmonium from 1853

Hi

Link below takes you to via picasaweb album of my garage where you can find pictures of Schiedmayer harmonium from 1853 serial number 62.
There are similarities with Alexandre and who knows maybe this is Alex under Schiedmayer badge.

https://picasaweb.google.com/matkaharmooni/Schiedmayer#5270464674224642466

Some of the stop faces are missing and those are in wrong order. Pedals appears to bee too narrow and changed at some time. But this instrument is future project and needs lots of attention and elbow grease to get case back almost as good as it was at factory. But most important it was free... owner considered it as a junk.

Currently I'm working around another Schiedmayer from 1893-5 and I'll post pictures later when some progress is visible.


Jaakko

Alexandre ? ...

Je dirais plutôt que c'est un Debain ...

Yes, there is also similarities with Debain. When discussed with Mr. Huivenaar he mentioned that ideas were "borrowed" possibly from both manufacturers. Case looks more like Alexandre. I'm not so familiar with pressure harmoniums so all information is highly appreciated.

Oui, ressemble à Debain. Lorsque discuté avec Mr. Huivenaar a mentionné qu'il peut éventuellement idées ont été empruntées à deux fabricants. Meubles ressemble Alexandre. Je ne suis pas familier avec les harmoniums de pression de sorte toutes les informations est très appréciée.