- The old Steinway Pianofabrik on Schanzenstrasse in Hamburg (one of the two Steinway & Sons’ Hamburg factories) is destroyed by Allied bombing and subsequent fire. The documents, outlining the history of Steinway & Sons’ Hamburg branch, are lost in the fire. Only the music studio at the back of the salesroom on Jungfernstieg remains undamaged, Steinway & Sons managers convert it into a temporary office.
- After the bombing, those few of Steinway Pianofabrik employees who have remained in Hamburg, gather at the bombing site to search through rubble for anything that can be salvaged.