Xpress received a letter from Elizabeth Schell, owner of Purl’s Yarn Emporium on Wall Street, about the recent death of Paul Thorpe, owner of Asheville Music School, where Thorpe taught piano to Schell’s son. Here, Schell and Anne Coombs, Thorpe’s business partner at AMS, reflect and invite those who knew him to share their own remembrances in the comments section. A memorial service for Thorpe is set for Saturday, Dec. 10; details within. (Pictured, Paul Thorpe with Anne Coombs.) Photo courtesy of Asheville Music School.