- New York World correspondent writes: “A new piano war has broken out, which threatens to rival in intensity the old conflict over the Paris Exposition, and to far exceed any former war in the number and cruelty of its warriors.”
- New York Times publishes interviews with William Steinway and Albert Weber. William Steinway: “I do not desire to say one word against Mr. Weber as a businessman or maker, but his action in this matter convinced all his friends, I think, that he was under some sort of obligation to Mr. Hale. […] Weber’s “insignificant coterie” letter to the Times was “quite funny”. Mr. Weber shows a great deal of humor in his advertisements, more humor than truth sometimes.” Albert Weber: “Bill Steinway says that Hale makes fifty Stanley & Sons pianos a week. Well, does Bill Steinway think the American people can’t tell the difference between Stanley and Steinway? All I’ve got to say is that Mr. Steinway must make a bigger difference between the pianos himself then. […] If a farmer out in Iowa buys a Steinway piano and thinks he’s got a Weber, all we can do is laugh at the ignorance of the fellow.”