1896

  • Hamburg Steinway Pianofabrik has manufactured 730 pianos a year. (This number will be tripled by 1913).
  • Steinway & Sons revenues are about 5.5 % of the output of the entire music industry of the United States. 

        – Steinway & Sons dividends have fallen to 5%, the lowest since the great depression of the 1870.
  • The firm Grotrian–Steinweg is permitted by decree of the Imperial Court of Germany to continue putting the name Steinweg on every piano it makes.