 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukugara kwake muAmerica, Louis akashanda kuMichigan Central Railroad muDetroit, akatanga mabhizimisi akasiyana-siyana uye akawana budiriro pfupi somuvambi. Marie van Beethoven akawana budiriro somudzidzisi wepiano uye muimbi wepiano, achifamba muUnited States neMontréal. Pakazosvika 1875, Louis akava maneja mukuru weNew York Commissionaire Company. Mutsoropodzi wenziyo wemagazini yeThe New Yorker, Alex Ross, anotaura zvisinei kuti Louis akatungamirira gadziriro yokurendesa zvigaro zvemavhiri kuvanhu vakwegura pa 1876 Centennial ExpositionmuPhiladelphia pasi peRoll-Chair Company. Louis nemhuri yake vakabva kuAmerica uye vanonzi vakagara muVienna kwenguva pfupi muna 1878. 