Piano

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) plays the piano in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman library for the representatives of President Lyndon B. Johnson who briefed him on national issues. Standing behind former President Truman, from left to right: General Marshall Carter, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Elmer Staats, Deputy Director of the Budget Bureau; Charles Murphy, Under Secretary of Agriculture; and Michael Forrestal, member of the staff of National Security Council.

Former President Harry S. Truman plays the piano in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman library. Two representatives of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Michael Forrestal (right), member of the staff of National Security Council, and Elmer Staats, Deputy Director of the Budget Bureau, are watching him play. Charles Murphy, Under Secretary of Agriculture, can be seen below the stage.

This is the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. On the stage is a Steinway piano, an instrument that former President Harry S. Truman was fond of.

Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Bruno Kreisky (right) listens to former President Harry S. Truman play the piano during a visit to the Truman Library.

Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Bruno Kreisky (right) listens to former President Harry S. Truman play the piano during a visit to the Truman Library.

From left to right, Austrian Foreign Minister Dr. Bruno Kreisky, Carleton Smith, and Hans Thalberg listen to former President Harry S. Truman play the piano during a visit to the Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman plays the piano with an unknown man standing nearby.

President Harry S. Truman's study, second floor oval room. The Dutch Harbor painting "At the Beach at Scheveningen" by Hendrik William Mesdag, is above the mantel. The portrait of President Truman's mother, Martha Ellen Truman, by Jerry Farnsworth, is to the left of the fireplace. The Steinway grand piano to the right of the fireplace and the bookends on the piano, are all part of the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. From: White House official photograph, no. 11 DE 78 F1863-01. Not to be reproduced without permission from the office of the Curator, the White House.

President Harry S. Truman's study, second floor oval room, pre-1948 renovation. The painting "At the Beach at Scheveningen" (Dutch Harbor) by Hendrik William Mesdag can be seen hanging above the mantel. The painting of President Truman's mother, Martha Ellen Truman, by Jerry Farnsworth, hangs to the left of the mantel. A Steinway grand piano is to the right of the mantel. All these objects are now in the museum collection of the Harry S. Truman Library. From: White House official photograph, no. 11 DE 78 F1863-02.

Margaret Truman seated before a piano in the family quarters of the White House. From: Truman home.