Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse

Posted on: Monday, February 17th, 2020  In: Blog

what kind of piano does/did your favorite President own?

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

 

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

George Washington (1789 – 1797) owned a Longman & Broderi Harpsichord (Sr. #735) and a Schoen & Vinsen Pianoforte

John Adams (1797 – 1801) owned a Currier & Company piano

Thomas Jefferson (1801 – 1809) owned an Astor Pianoforte, he also played the violin

James Madison (1809 – 1817) owned a Square Grand but the official name was destroyed by a fire

James Monroe (1817 – 1825) owned an Astor Piano

John Quincy Adams (1825 – 1829) owned a Currier & Company piano, believed to be passed down from his father. He also played the flute

Andrew Jackson (1829 – 1837) owned a T. Gilbert & Company Square Piano

Martin Van Buren (1837 – 1841) owned a Hallet & Cumston Square Piano (Sr. #9926)

William Henry Harrison (1841) owned a Haines Brothers (Sr. #1890)

John Tyler (1841 – 1845) owned a Thomas Tomkinson Upright Piano

James Knox Polk (1845 – 1849) owned an Astor & Hardwood Square Piano

Zachary Taylor (1849 – 1850) name unknown

Millard Fillmore (1850 – 1853) owned a Boardman & Gray Square Piano, (Sr. #2731)

Franklin Pierce (1853 – 1857) owned a Chickering Square Grand Piano

James Buchanan (1857 – 1861) owned a Chickering Grand Piano

Abraham Lincoln (1861 – 1865) owned a Chickering Square Grand Piano and Chickering Upright

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

Andrew Johnson (1865 – 1869) owned a Steinway & Sons Square Grand Piano

Ulysses S. Grant (1869 – 1877) owned a Melodeon (accordion), name unknown

Rutherford B. Hayes (1877 – 1881) owned a Bradbury Upright and a Baldwin Grand

James A. Garfield (1881) owned a Hallet, Davis & Company Upright

Chester A. Arthur (1881 – 1885) name unknown

Grover Cleveland (1885 – 1889) owned a Combination Piano & Harpsichord, brand name destroyed by fire

Benjamin Harrison (1889 – 1893) owned a J. & C. Fischer Upright and Haines Brothers Square Grand Piano

Grover Cleveland (1893 – 1897) owned a Combination Piano & Harpsichord, brand name destroyed by fire

William McKinley (1897 – 1901) owned a A. H. Gale Co. Square Grand Piano

Theodore Roosevelt (1901 – 1909) owned a Chickering Upright and in 1903 for Steinway’s 50th anniversary, the manufacturer gifted a beautiful art-case grand to Theodore Roosevelt

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

William Howard Taft (1909 – 1913) owned a Baldwin Grand Piano

Woodrow Wilson (1913 – 1921) owned an Ernst Rosenkranstz Square Grand, a Steinway Grand Piano (Sr. #68035), and a Knabe Grand Piano. He also played violin and sang

Warren G. Harding (1921 – 1923) owned an A. B. Chase Electric Player. He is believed to have played almost every instrument, with the exception of a few including the E♭ clarinet and the slide trombone

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

Calvin Coolidge (1923 – 1929) owned a Sohmer Upright Piano

Herbert Hoover (1929 – 1933) owned a Knabe Grand Piano and an A. B. Chase Grand Piano

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 – 1945) owned a Hardman Grand Piano. Theodore Roosevelt’s grand was replaced in 1938, with a design by Eric Gugler gifted to Franklin D Roosevelt.

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

Harry S. Truman (1945 – 1953) owned a Steinway Grand Piano, a Baldwin Grand Piano, and a Steinway Upright. President Truman was actually a very skilled pianist himself

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 – 1961) owned a Hallet & Cumston Upright

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

John F. Kennedy (1961 – 1963) owned an Ivers & Pond Grand Piano

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 – 1969) owned a Steinway Grand Piano at L.B.J Library, and a Knabe Console at his home in Texas

Richard M. Nixon (1969 – 1974) owned a Geo. P. Bent Upright growing up as a pianist, then bought a 1975 Baldwin Vertical in San Clemente, California and had a Baldwin at the Whitehouse.

President, Presidents and Their Pianos Both In And Out Of The Whitehouse, Hollywood Piano

Gerald Ford (1974 – 1977) did not own a personal piano

Jimmy Carter (1977 – 1981) owned a Ludden & Bates piano

Ronald Reagan (1981 – 1989) owned a Steinway Grand Piano

George H. W. Bush (1989 – 1993) owned a Conover Cable and Winter Musette, both located at his home in Maine

Bill Clinton (1993 – 2001) owned a Baldwin Grand in the Governor’s Mansion in Arkansas and at the Whitehouse. He also played the saxophone

George W. Bush (2001 – 2009) owned a Steinway Grand only in the White House, did not own a personal piano at his ranch in Texas

Barack H. Obama (2009 – 2017) owned a Steinway Grand Piano, which was moved into the White House from their Chicago home

Donald J. Trump (2017 – ) shows no record of personal piano ownership.

 

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