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I just wanted to make sure my piano is a 1896 schiedmayer&soehne, I finally got to take this picture of the signature from the back of my piano: http://mutet.us/pianosign.jpg What name is in the signature? I can't make anything out of it.. I asked from local piano fixer is it worth fixing it, th...

Hi, I have a Schiedmayer & soehne vertical piano. According to the serial number 18988 it's made during 1896-1900, and there's some kind of a signature and a date 12/6/98 and text "N503" behind it. The piano is a bit broken, but is it valuable and worth fixing?