User:Bkat004/List of Instruments Played by U.S. Presidents
Comment: Interesting and sourced. Can this be promoted to mainspace? Legacypac (talk) 05:37, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Though most of the 44 Presidents of the United States have stated their appreciation for listening to Music, only 14 have displayed some proficiency in playing a musical instrument. Only one of Presidential Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, was musically proficient, most especially in playing an instrument which has become the most popular among American Presidents - the Violin. (Benjamin Franklin was also quite adept in music.)
Though singing could be regarded as a musical instrument, this fact will not be included in the following, though Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt did have vocal singing training.
As music technology and music instrument production had made themselves more accessible during the 20th century, people were able to learn music themselves independantly. So was the case for Presidents: 10 of the past 24 presidents were musically proficient.
18th and 19th centuries[edit]
Thomas Jefferson[edit]
John Quincy Adams[edit]
John Tyler[edit]
Abraham Lincoln[edit]
20th century[edit]
Theodore Roosevelt[edit]
Chester Alan Arthur[edit]
Franklin D. Roosevelt[edit]
Woodrow Wilson[edit]
Warren G. Harding[edit]
Calvin Coolidge[edit]
Harry Truman[edit]
Richard Nixon[edit]
Ronald Reagan[edit]
Bill Clinton[edit]
21st century[edit]
George W. Bush[edit]
Table[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2009 by the White House Historical Association.
The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents--6th Edition: Includes Material through 2005 (Complete Book of Us Presidents) [Paperback] William DeGregorio (Author)
http://musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/famouspeople.htm