In a letter dated with this day, William Steinway informs his brother C.F. Theodor Steinweg that Henry W.T. Steinway accuses them of financial machinations: cheating Steinway & Sons shareholders through the company’s transactions with Steinway Pianofabrik in Hamburg for personal profits. “It will be inevitable for us to dismiss Harbuckel very soon from his position with Steinway & Sons and to beseech or finally force him to bless somebody else with his company, for it is pure pestilence to have to deal with him on business matters. Unfortunately he is quite right in regard to the unhappy Hamburg-London affair and holds a moral and legal weapon which will not only be recognized by the law but will also win him the sympathy of all outsiders.” A “Harbuckel”, mentioned here, is of course none other than Henry W.T. Steinway, referred by his childhood nickname. There’s a threat of Henry W.T. leaving Steinway & Sons and producing pianos under his name. Ironically, C.F. Theodor Steinweg himself previously had expressed similar threat.