SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
            TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                  RULE 13d-2(a)

                               (Amendment No. 1 )


                           ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                              CLASS A COMMON STOCK
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                012 348 108
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

J. Spencer Standish,One Schuyler Meadows Rd.,Loudonville, NY 12211(518) 445-2200
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)


         If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
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                  Note.  Schedules  filed in paper form  shall  include a signed
         original and five copies of the schedule,  including all exhibits.  See
         Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

                         (Continued on following pages)

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Schedule 13D                        Forms                                 7060
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CUSIP No. 012 348 108                13D                      Page 2 of 6 Pages

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  1     NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
        I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
             J. Spencer Standish

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  2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*    (a)

                                                             (b)

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  3     SEC USE ONLY



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  4     SOURCE OF FUNDS*
             Not Applicable

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  5     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
        TO ITEM 2(d) OR  2(e)                                  _____

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  6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             USA
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                              7    SOLE VOTING POWER
        NUMBER OF
          SHARES                        5,041,595
       BENEFICIALLY
         OWNED BY
           EACH
        REPORTING
       PERSON WITH
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                              8    SHARED VOTING POWER

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                              9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                        5,041,595

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                             10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

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  11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             5,041,595

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  12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
        CERTAIN SHARES*                                           __X__


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  13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             17.74%

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  14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

             IN

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                      SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


ITEM 1.  Security and Issuer.

                  The title of the class of securities  to which this  statement
relates is the Class A Common Stock,  $.001 par value per share ("Class A Common
Stock"), of Albany  International Corp., a Delaware corporation ("the Company").
The address of the principal executive office is 1373 Broadway, Albany, New York
12204.


ITEM 2.  Identity and Background.

                  (a) - (b) The name of the person  filing this  statement is J.
Spencer Standish, whose residence is One Schuyler Meadows Road, Loudonville, New
York 12211.

                  (c) Mr. Standish is retired. Until 1998, he served as Chairman
of the Board of the Company.

                  (d) Mr.  Standish  has not,  during the last five years,  been
convicted in a criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic  violations  or similar
misdemeanors).

                  (e) Mr. Standish has not,  during the last five years,  been a
party to a civil  proceeding or a judicial or  administrative  body of competent
jurisdiction, as a result of which he was or is subject to a judgment, decree or
final  order  enjoining  future  violations  of,  or  prohibiting  or  mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation
with respect to such laws.

                  (f) Mr. Standish is an American citizen.


ITEM 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

                  Of the 5,041,595  shares of Class A Common Stock  beneficially
owned by Mr.  Standish,  (i) 40,000  shares are issuable to him upon exercise of
stock  options  at $15 per  share,  and  (ii)  the  balance  are  issuable  upon
conversion  of an equal  number of shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company
("Class B Common Stock"). The shares of Class B Common Stock which are currently
beneficially  held by Mr. Standish have either been so held since their issuance
in 1987 in exchange for shares of the predecessor of the Company, or acquired in
the form of stock dividends on such shares. Mr. Standish  beneficially held such
predecessor shares for several years prior to such exchange.





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ITEM 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

                  Mr.  Standish  has no current plan or intention to convert any
shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock.  In electing
directors of the Company,  the Class B Common Stock is entitled to ten votes per
share while the Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share,  so that
Mr. Standish,  as a result of his current ownership of Class B Common Stock, now
holds voting control of the Company.


ITEM 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  (a) The  aggregate  number of  shares of Class A Common  Stock
beneficially owned by Mr. Standish is 5,041,595 shares  (constituting  17.74% of
outstanding  shares of Class A Common  Stock on February 3, 1999),  of which (i)
40,000  shares are issuable to him upon the exercise of stock options at $15 per
share,  (ii) 148,351 shares are issuable to the J. S. Standish  Revocable  Trust
upon the  conversion  of an equal  number of shares of Class B Common Stock (Mr.
Standish  has sole voting and  investment  power with  respect to such  shares),
(iii)  1,551,270  shares are  issuable to trusts  under the wills of John C. and
Florence Standish upon conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common
Stock (Mr.  Standish has sole voting and  investment  power with respect to such
shares) and (iv)  3,301,974  shares are issuable to J. S. Standish  Company upon
conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock (Mr. Standish is
President  and a  director,  and has the  power to elect and  remove  all of the
directors, of J. S. Standish Company).

                  The  shares  indicated  herein  as  beneficially  owned by Mr.
Standish  do not  include  (i)  259,616  shares  of Class B Common  Stock  owned
directly  by his adult  children,  as to which  shares  Mr.  Standish  disclaims
beneficial  ownership,  (ii) 2,277 shares of Class A Common  Stock  beneficially
owned  by  his  adult  children,  as to  which  shares  Mr.  Standish  disclaims
beneficial  ownership,  (iii)  484,616  shares of Class B Common  Stock  held by
trusts for the benefit of Mr. Standish's adult children,  as to which shares Mr.
Thomas R.  Beecher,  Jr., a director of the Company,  exercises  sole voting and
investment  power as  trustee,  and as to which  shares Mr.  Standish  disclaims
beneficial  ownership and (iv) 250,000 shares  issuable upon exercise of options
held by the  Standish  Delta  Trust,  a trust for the benefit of Mr.  Standish's
descendants,  as to which Mr.  Standish has neither voting nor investment  power
and disclaims beneficial ownership.

                  (b) Mr.  Standish  has sole  investment  and voting power with
respect  to all  shares  of  Class  A  Common  Stock  of the  Company  which  he
beneficially owns.

                  (c) - (e) Not applicable.


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ITEM 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships
         with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

                  None.


ITEM 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

                  None.

































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                                    SIGNATURE


                  After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief,  I certify  that the  information  set forth in this  statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated:  February 5, 1999


                                                       /s/  J. Spencer Standish
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                                                            J. Spencer Standish
































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