Who Are We?

Andy Ploof, owner
Don Ploof, owner
Wes Jones, sales and repairs. Since 2011
 Jim Sullivan, sales and repairs. Since 2018


Blake Korte, sales and repairs, dobro, mandolin and mountain dulcimer instructor. Since 2019

         

         Allen Burdge, sales and repairs. Since 2024

Heather Manley, ukulele instructor. Since 2017

Mike Saputo, clawhammer and bluegrass banjo instructor. Since 1989



Mike Aehle, bluegrass banjo instructor. Since 2016



Mike Cosentino, classical, acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele instructor, since 2022. Michael Cosentino is a classically trained guitarist with 22 years of experience in a variety of musical styles. He started his studies under John Mcclellan at the St. Louis Symphony Music School and continued to earn a BM of music performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he
studied with John Holmquist and Grammy award winner Jason Vieaux. 


 
Lukas Simpson, guitar, mandolin, clawhammer banjo,  has been writing and singing songs his entire life. He has been teaching guitar, mandolin and banjo for nearly twenty years and has performed in Europe, Dominican Republic and the United States.
Luke’s song “Conversation’s Free” was used by Nissan in a commercial aired in over 35 countries around the world.

Mickey Sweeny first saw a  hammered dulcimer on the streets of St. Augustine in 2017. It was love at first sight! Within months she had one of her own, learned to play it and in 2023 and won the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship! She has several music degrees and extensive training in therapeutic music. Mickey plays a blend of classical, folk, pop, hymns, and original music.