Piano Servicing for Eastern CT and Western RI

Below is a list of pianos owned by the presidents of the United States. It is interesting to review the brand names of pianos and see just how familar a lot of them are. Many of these brands can still be found in homes around the country today. For an explanation on the different types of pianos (i.e. Grand, console, etc.) please see my page on piano sizes.

1st President - George Washington - 1789-1797, Schoen & Vinsen Pianoforte and Longman & Broderi Harpsichord

2nd President - John Adams - 1797-1801, Currier & Co.

3rd President - Thomas Jefferson - 1801-1809, Astor Pianoforte

4th President - James Madison - 1809-1817, Square Grand (name destroyed by fire)

5th President - James Monroe - 1817-1825, Astor Piano

6th President - John Quincy Adams - 1825-1829, Currier & Co.

7th President - Andrew Jackson - 1829-1837, T. Gilbert & Co. Square Grand Piano

8th President - Martin Van Buren - 1837-1841, Hallet & Cumston Square Grand Piano

9th President - William Henry Harrison - 1841, Haines Brothers

10th President - John Tyler - 1841-1845, Thomas Tomkinson Upright Piano

11th President - James Knox Polk - 1845-1849, Astor & Harwood Square Grand Piano

12th President - Zachary Taylor - 1849-1850, Piano brand name unknown

13th President - Millard Fillmore - 1850-1853, Piano brand name unknown

14th President - Franklin Pierce - 1853-1857, Chickering Square Grand Piano

15th President - James Buchanan - 1857-1861, Chickering Grand Piano

16th President - Abraham Lincoln - 1861-1865, Chickering Square Grand Piano and Chickering Upright

17th President - Andrew Johnson - 1865-1869, Steinway & Sons Square Grand Piano

18th President - Ulysses S. Grant - 1869-1877, Brand name of Melodeon unknown

19th President - Rutherford B. Hayes - 1877-1881, Bradbury Upright and Baldwin Grand

20th President - James A. Garfield - 1881, Hallet & Davis Upright

21st President - Chester A. Arthur - 1881-1885, Piano brand name unknown.

22nd President - Grover Cleavland - 1885-1889, Combination Piano & Harpsichord (name destroyed by fire)

23rd President - Benjamin Harrison - 1889-1893, J. & C. Fischer Upright Piano and Haines Brothers Square Grand

24th President - Grover Cleveland - 1893-1897, Combination Piano & Harpsichord (name destroyed by fire)

25th President - William McKinley - 1897-1901, A. H. Gale Co. Square Grand Piano

26th President - Theodore Roosevelt - 1901-1909, Chickering Upright and Steinway Grand Piano

27th President - William Howard Taft - 1909-1913, Baldwin Grand Piano

28th President - Woodrow Wilson - 1913-1921, Ernst Rosenkranst Square Grand Piano, Steinway Grand Piano , and Knabe Grand Piano

29th President - Warren G. Harding - 1921-1932, A. B. Chase Electric Player Piano

30th President - Calvin Coolidge - 1932-1939, Sohmer Upright Piano

31st President - Herbert Hoover - 1939-1943, Knabe Grand Piano and A. B. Chase Grand Piano

32nd President - Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1943-1945, Hardman Grand Piano

33rd President - Harry S. Truman - 1945-1953, Steinway Grand Piano, Baldwin Grand Piano and Steinway Upright

34th President - Dwight D. Eisenhower - 1953-1961, Hallet & Cumston Upright

35th President - John F. Kennedy - 1961-1963, Ivers & Pond Grand Piano
----side note on JFK's piano: An interested reader (C. Davis) did some research on JFK's Ivers & Pond since she too has a piano of this make. It was discovered that Kennedy's piano was a gift from his mother, Rose, who received the piano as a wedding gift from her uncles. Wanting to keep the piano in the family she gave the piano to JFK. Later when his birthplace was converted to a museum the piano was moved there to be put on display. Thanks to C. Davis for this great information.

36th President - Lyndon B. Johnson - 1963-1969, Steinway Grand Piano and Knabe Console

37th President - Richard M. Nixon - 1969-1974, Geo. P. Bent Upright, Baldwin Upright

38th President - Gerald Ford - 1974-1977, No personal piano

39th President - James (Jimmy) Carter - 1977-1981, Ludden & Bates

40th President - Ronald Reagan - 1981-1989, Steinway Grand Piano

41st President - George H.W. Bush - 1989-1993, Conover Cable and Winter Musette both located at home in Maine

42nd President - William (Bill) Clinton - 1993-2001, Baldwin Grand in the Governor's Mansion, Arkansas

43rd President - George W. Bush - No Personal Piano, Steinway Grand in White House

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