Despite little music background, Ann Fisher began playing the Appalachian dulcimer in the mid-1980s. Her husband, Warren began making autoharps in the late 1990s, and surprised her with No. 1; Ann knew she needed to learn how to play it! With the help of music festivals, workshops, and friends, she has been improving her repertoire along with learning how to play his additional gifts of a bowed psaltry (that he made) and a folk harp.