{"id":832,"date":"2025-02-20T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markstevensfinepianos.com\/?page_id=832"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:55:31","slug":"piano-lessons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sentient.project-sites.com\/msfp\/piano-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"misc_content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sentient.project-sites.com\/msfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-706\" \/><\/div>Mark Stevens teaches piano to children and is a patient and nurturing teacher, taking great delight in seeing his students progress. Using the John W. 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