Joe Steiner has been performing, playing and teaching stringed instruments for over 30 years. He has performed professionally in bands such as Old Peculiar String Band, County Line Power Company, Uncle Buster’s, and Cheyenne, among others, and teaches at many workshops and festivals yearly.

Chris (Cooperrider) Steiner fell in love with the hammered dulcimer in 1997 and has been performing and teaching since.

Chris and Joe have both been regularly scheduled workshop leaders at festivals such as Buckeye Dulcimer Festival, Chestnut Ridge Dulcimer Festival, Harmony Harvest, Tri-State Bluegrass Festival, Evart Dulcimer Festival, in addition to many other festivals and workshops