WASHINGTON (AP) – At Catholic University on a warm September evening, a student plays piano at a fundraising dinner to celebrate the school’s new arts council. As musical preludes waft through the candlelit room of donors and university officials, Warren Shadd sits with his back to the performance and listens intently to the piano, which bears his name. After the final note, he applauds and smiles softly. He wasn’t expecting any problems. But he has been making and selling pianos only since 2012, and everything matters to him – from the shop floor in the Bronx, where he “white-gloves” each instrument, to performances like this one. Shadd – decked out that evening in a black suit and gold silk tie […]
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