- William Steinway’s diary: “Have letters from Kimball, & Phelps also Britton that after a hard fight with Beckwith, the Centennial Commißion adopted our report without altering a word that they improved Webers report a little &c. &c. I am very much relieved. “
- Steinway & Sons receives not one, but two Philadelphia Exhibition awards: one for the “highest degree of excellence in all their styles of pianos” (p. 146, report number 89), and the other for their “Metal Ware”: “”The full metal frames of cupola shape possess an unequaled degree of resistance, permitting a vastly increased tension of the strings without the slightest danger of break or crack in said metal frames, thereby considerably increasing the vibratory power and augmenting the lasting qualities of their instruments.” (p.194, report number 380).
- The full Steinway & Sons report is 28 lines long, three times the length of the Chickering & Sons report and five times the length of that of Albert Weber’s.