Beginning in 1850, they have been building quality pool tables. About 40 years, the son joined the company.
"He had apprenticed in Kansas City at a furniture company. He had learned to make pool tables at that point and came back to St. Louis joined the company and then started manufacturing and servicing pool tables."
The Schmidt family has been carefully crafting them pretty much the same way ever since. Only now they've racked up 45 different styles.
"So we break them into eight collections. We have a Classic, Prestige, Country, Transition, Diners."
Beautiful tables that these days can double as a dining room table.
"Any of our tables we can put a dining top on." she points out.
Regardless of the style each one requires roughly 22 man hours. Stephanie's dad and brother do most of the cutting.
Source: A.E. Schmidt Billiards Creates Family Heirlooms [Retrieved 13 December 2016]
Check out the video in the above-referenced link. Very cool pool video! :love2:
A little history of the family: http://aeschmidtbilliards.com/about-us/our-history/
I'm kind of partial to this Acadia style. I need a new dining room set. Hmm . . .
"He had apprenticed in Kansas City at a furniture company. He had learned to make pool tables at that point and came back to St. Louis joined the company and then started manufacturing and servicing pool tables."
The Schmidt family has been carefully crafting them pretty much the same way ever since. Only now they've racked up 45 different styles.
"So we break them into eight collections. We have a Classic, Prestige, Country, Transition, Diners."
Beautiful tables that these days can double as a dining room table.
"Any of our tables we can put a dining top on." she points out.
Regardless of the style each one requires roughly 22 man hours. Stephanie's dad and brother do most of the cutting.
Source: A.E. Schmidt Billiards Creates Family Heirlooms [Retrieved 13 December 2016]
Check out the video in the above-referenced link. Very cool pool video! :love2:
A little history of the family: http://aeschmidtbilliards.com/about-us/our-history/
I'm kind of partial to this Acadia style. I need a new dining room set. Hmm . . .
