Peter De Witt Lydecker
partner
Biography
Peter De Witt Lydecker entered a hammer-making partnership with John Frederick Schmidt in 1864, taking over a business originally founded by Ole Syverson in 1856. Lydecker retired from the firm in 1877, after which Schmidt continued alone.
Highlights
- Partnered with John Frederick Schmidt in 1864 in a hammer-making firm; retired in 1877.
Source
Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911).
Public domain.