Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SCHMELER FRANK R
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/ [AIN] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., P.O. BOX 1907		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/12/2006
(Street)

ALBANY, NY 12201-1907		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock               100 I Custodial (1)
Class A Common Stock 05/12/2006   A(2)   928 A $ 40.4 35,646 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (3) $ 18.75             05/11/1995(4) 05/11/2014 Class A Common 20,000   20,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (3) $ 22.25             05/18/1996(4) 05/18/2015 Class A Common 25,000   45,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (3) $ 22.25             05/14/1997(4) 02/01/2016 Class A Common 25,000   70,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (5) $ 19.75             04/15/1998(4) 02/01/2016 Class A Common 25,000   95,000 D  
Employee Stock Option (3) $ 19.375             11/04/1999(4) 02/01/2016 Class A Common 32,500   127,500 D  
Employee Stock Option (6) $ 10.5625             11/15/2001(4) 02/01/2016 Class A Common 5,000   132,500 D  
Employee Stock Option (6) $ 20.45             11/06/2002(4) 02/01/2016 Class A Common 36,000   168,500 D  
Employee Stock Option (6) $ 20.63             11/07/2003(4) 02/01/2016 Class A Common 32,000   200,500 D  
Restricted Stock Units (7) (7)               (7)(8)   (7)(8) Class A Common Stock 21,385 (9)   21,385 (9) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SCHMELER FRANK R
C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
P.O. BOX 1907
ALBANY, NY 12201-1907		   X      

Signatures

 Kathleen M. Tyrrell, Attorney-in-Fact   05/15/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares held by reporting person as custodian for his granddaughter. Undersigned disclaims beneficial ownership.
(2) Distributed pursuant to issuer's Directors' Annual Retainer Plan.
(3) Option granted pursuant to Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan as incentive to remain in employ of Company.
(4) Fully exercisable.
(5) Option granted pursuant to the Company's 1988 Stock Option Plan as incentive to remain in employ of Company.
(6) Option granted pursuant to Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan as incentive to remain in employ of Company.
(7) Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted pursuant to the Albany International Corp. 2005 Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"). Each Restricted Stock Unit award entitles the holder to receive a number of shares of Class A Common Stock, the cash equivalent of such shares, or a combination of cash and shares, in each case in accordance with a vesting schedule.
(8) (a) 14,223 RSUs (plus related dividend units) will be settled and payable on or about March 1, 2007, and (b) 7,111 RSUs (plus related dividend units) will be settled and payable on or about March 1, 2008. Each of the 2007 and 2008 payments will be half in cash, half in shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock.
(9) Includes dividend units accrued on Restricted Stock Units on April 7, 2006.

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