- Another one of Steinway & Sons’ remaining two Ditmars avenue factory buildings is sold.
- In addition to his advertising duties, John H. Steinway begins to serve regularly as the secretary at Steinway & Sons’ Board of Directors meetings.
- Henry Z. Steinway succeeds in preventing a strike, thanks to his communication skills, by telling James Cerofeci, Steinway & Sons’ union leader, that “wage increases now mean higher prices for our pianos and, as a result, fewer sales, shakier production for next years, layoffs, and eventurally Steinway’s withdrawal from piano manufacturing in New York City”. James Cerofeci brings the message to the union members: “Don’t ask for too much money. Don’t forget this: your jobs are at stake. Pianos are not a necessity. Therefore if they are priced too high, the people can live without them, and you’ll be without a job.”
- Having completed a one-year apprenticeship with the Bronx piano manufacturer Winter & Company (the maker of pianos with aluminum board), an African-American pianomaker Al Daniels begins to work at Steinway & Sons factory, one of only three black Steinway & Sons workers at the time. Becoming one of Steinway & Sons most respected workers, Al Daniels will stay with the factory until 1979.
- Walter Günther becomes the head of all Steinway & Sons’ operations in Hamburg.