German - Russian's MEMORABILIA Continued:
Carriages, Coaches, Wagons continued...
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There were many different kind of wagons......
Schweikert's Musical Hub
Karl Schweikert b. 1862 of Borodino created the musical hub which he placed on carriages and wagon which the GRs used for Sunday, weddings and special holidays. The best way to described this invention is for you to think of an old time musical box. When the drum turned and the sheaves were lifted and a note or notes were sounded their notes. Some were as delicate as a music box but most were simple. The Turks loved Karl's musical wheel wagons that chimmed as they crossed the huge vast steppes..... Since the Turks were a territorial and sometimes fierce group, this wheels announced to friend and foe they were passing through..... There were two places I read about these musical wheels. One was in Robert Massie's book about the Romanovs and another was in one of Joseph Height's
Schweikert's Surry With The Fringe on Top
The next story about the blacksmithy and wheelwright Karl Schweikert was not about an invention but a creation of love, artistic talent and patience. In his mind he had collected every mental picture of every carriage he had ever viewed throughout his life. He had never had the time to create a luxurious carriage for himself or family. Also, stirring around in his head was that of migration from Borodino / Bess. S. Russia to the Crimea where his father and his family had migrated. Suddenly, Karl made two important decision. He would move his family and blacksmithy equipment to the Crimea. And, he was going to take to his father a "surry" with thick cushion leather seats and fringe on top. The upholstery was black leather. The fringe gold..... There were glass vases that held flowers.... The wood red.... The metal would be black.... A matching team of bay horses that would be worthy of the surrey were purchased from the Heins. The size was large enough to carry his wife, all the children [six were born by this time] and himself. [His seventh child, Pauline, would be born in 1903 in Brumental/ Taurien n. the Crimea.] His father's, Jacob's, family was larger but an eight seater was just right for the proportions of the surry. The shop was sold as were many of the items that didn't have room in the wagons that would follow the surry. And, the family traveled overland from to the floating bridge which connected the mainland and the Crimea. The rest of the story is quite humorous and is titled, "Abba, Liber, Vater Sohn" in Borodino / Bess. From "A" to "Azzz" a collection of GR history by myself, Judy A. Remmick-Hubert.
Also, see Karl Schweikert and Plows.
LINKS
See Covered wagons that the GR's used to travel during deportation to Germany in 1940.
*From Alfred Hein's
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Collection - 2003
 Hein. Genealogy
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