Steinway Hall opens with the concert by the Bateman Concert Troupe – a company of star singers and instrumentalists. Open seating costs $1 per ticket, and reserved seats is $1.50 per ticket, the full house collects approximately $3,000 for the night. Merely thirteen years since launching their enterprise, and only sixteen years since their arrival to America, Steinway family has achieved the most prominent position in the cultural life of New York City.