I have lived a lot longer than I ever expected to,” said Wasson. “I definitely never thought I’d be teaching piano for all these years. It was closed shortly after her death in June of 2013. Carol owned Wasson Music Center in Washington Township, and changed the name to Shaw’s Music Center after her marriage. Reviews, photos, directions, hours, links and more for this and other Pleasant Hill, OH Piano Tuning.
1869 The Ohio Valley Piano Forte Company is incorporated on July 3 at Ripley, Ohio. 1837 William Bourne begins the manufacture of pianos in Dayton, Ohio. They owned the Wasson Piano Studio in downtown Dayton from 1946 to 1990. Rolf Eugene H Piano Service at 212 S Johnson Rd. YES I STILL DO PIANO TUNINGS (this posted Sept. Wasson studied music at Vassar College in New York state, and then Chicago Musical College, where she met her future husband, Audley. “By the time her annual spring recital came around, I had the pieces internalized through her complex memorizing techniques.”īorchers included Wasson’s performance teaching methods in her book, “The Art of Medicine in a Musical World,” published last year and found on Amazon. We never stuck to one specific time period or composer, but mastered a wide variety of styles and interpretations of songs,” said Borchers,who has a bachelor of arts in music from New York University, a masters degree from Johns Hopkins, and is currently a medical student a Wright State University. She studied with Wasson from the seventh through the 12th grades, after seven years with Tanya Seeley. “I love watching a student develop those skills.”Ĭhristina Borchers, a 2010 Oakwood graduate, is another student who gained those skills. It requires consistent practice, getting it right, and striving always to do better,” said Wasson. Russ McNamara, B.A., College Certified Piano Technician, provides piano tuning, regulation, voicing, and rebuilding in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus, Ohio for homes, schools, studios, universities, and concert halls. “The skills a student needs to play the piano are the same skills they need to live a productive life. Her older sister, Melissa, also studied with her. This was Lin’s 13th year of piano lessons from Wasson. Lin played, and her teacher would listen from her bedroom, and make comments or suggestions afterward. Lin continued to come to the studio located in Wasson’s living room.
Wasson had taken on a full load of students until just a few months ago, when she became too weak to sit at the piano during lessons. “It meant so much to me being my senior year, and I just know how much music means to her. Afterwards, I thanked, and she told me I did a good job,” said Lin, a National Merit Finalist, and one of five valedictorians at Beavercreek High School.