From the West Lawn, Thomas Jefferson, family, and guests could walk up the on the West Portico to reach the Parlor, one of three rooms in Monticello that were part of Jefferson’s plan for the home in 1769. The Parlor was a public room, for conversation, music, games, and reading. Jefferson wrote that music “furnishes a delightful for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.” The Parlor was the for many of these hours of “delightful recreation.” Jefferson himself played the and his wife, daughters, and granddaughters played several , including the piano, harpsichord (大键琴), and guitar. Jefferson’s namesake grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, recalled that before his grandfather “lost his for the violin, he would play on it, having his children dancing around him. ”