Doug Berch
@moishepipick.bsky.social
dulcimer maker, musician, humanoid
I'm back at the bench.
Finish prep is underway, starting with detailing the edges of the peghead.
Next comes rounding over the binding and edges of the back.
I'm trying a few new ideas on this dulcimer, and I look forward to finding out if they were good ideas!
Finish prep is underway, starting with detailing the edges of the peghead.
Next comes rounding over the binding and edges of the back.
I'm trying a few new ideas on this dulcimer, and I look forward to finding out if they were good ideas!
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm back at the bench.
Finish prep is underway, starting with detailing the edges of the peghead.
Next comes rounding over the binding and edges of the back.
I'm trying a few new ideas on this dulcimer, and I look forward to finding out if they were good ideas!
Finish prep is underway, starting with detailing the edges of the peghead.
Next comes rounding over the binding and edges of the back.
I'm trying a few new ideas on this dulcimer, and I look forward to finding out if they were good ideas!
Burning in the holes that make up the side sound port, or as I prefer to call it, "Playing with fire!" :)
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Burning in the holes that make up the side sound port, or as I prefer to call it, "Playing with fire!" :)
Once the "corpse," the body of the dulcimer is completely assembled, it is time to start cleaning everything up with scrapers and files, then comes sanding, detailing, and finishing.
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Once the "corpse," the body of the dulcimer is completely assembled, it is time to start cleaning everything up with scrapers and files, then comes sanding, detailing, and finishing.
Sometimes, self-care means imagining Trump, Mike Johnson, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the MAGA Reich as Daleks, and as you read quotes of what they have said, imagining hearing it said in a Dalek voice.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Sometimes, self-care means imagining Trump, Mike Johnson, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the MAGA Reich as Daleks, and as you read quotes of what they have said, imagining hearing it said in a Dalek voice.
I would like to remind Republicans who are freaking out about NYC electing a mayor who is a Muslim that Dr. Oz is also a Muslim.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I would like to remind Republicans who are freaking out about NYC electing a mayor who is a Muslim that Dr. Oz is also a Muslim.
On this day in 1923, Elmira Jigglebottom organized the country's first Feminist Anarcho-Socialist Autoharp Syndicate.
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
On this day in 1923, Elmira Jigglebottom organized the country's first Feminist Anarcho-Socialist Autoharp Syndicate.
The peghead is on the dulcimer!
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The peghead is on the dulcimer!
Mutual Aid: Life is a series of opportunities to be there for each other.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mutual Aid: Life is a series of opportunities to be there for each other.
As I look at my hi-tech setup for warming hide glue, I see inspiration for a possible band name, " The Rival Crockettes!"
October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As I look at my hi-tech setup for warming hide glue, I see inspiration for a possible band name, " The Rival Crockettes!"
My body wasn't cooperating for a few weeks, but I am back to work in my happy place!
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
My body wasn't cooperating for a few weeks, but I am back to work in my happy place!
"The future will be different if we make the present different."
- Peter Maurin
- Peter Maurin
October 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"The future will be different if we make the present different."
- Peter Maurin
- Peter Maurin
I'm back in the shop and making some progress on a prototype dulcimer to try a few new ideas.
The ends of the braces are fit into the linings, and I hope to glue the back on tomorrow.
The ends of the braces are fit into the linings, and I hope to glue the back on tomorrow.
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I'm back in the shop and making some progress on a prototype dulcimer to try a few new ideas.
The ends of the braces are fit into the linings, and I hope to glue the back on tomorrow.
The ends of the braces are fit into the linings, and I hope to glue the back on tomorrow.
Cleaning up figured walnut dulcimer sides with a no. 12 scraper.
July 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Cleaning up figured walnut dulcimer sides with a no. 12 scraper.
I ventured into the back of the closet in my shop, which can be as perilous as Sir Richard Burton's search for the source of the Nile.
I was delighted to find stock sawn for dulcimer fretboard assemblies I had cut and stickered 13 years ago and had completely forgotten about!
I was delighted to find stock sawn for dulcimer fretboard assemblies I had cut and stickered 13 years ago and had completely forgotten about!
July 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I ventured into the back of the closet in my shop, which can be as perilous as Sir Richard Burton's search for the source of the Nile.
I was delighted to find stock sawn for dulcimer fretboard assemblies I had cut and stickered 13 years ago and had completely forgotten about!
I was delighted to find stock sawn for dulcimer fretboard assemblies I had cut and stickered 13 years ago and had completely forgotten about!
I've recently started work on several dulcimers. This one will have sycamore for the back and sides.
July 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I've recently started work on several dulcimers. This one will have sycamore for the back and sides.
Finishing up stock for walnut dulcimer sides with a scraper.
July 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Finishing up stock for walnut dulcimer sides with a scraper.
The Trump Regime will announce its tariff policies as soon as the spirits are willing to speak.
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Trump Regime will announce its tariff policies as soon as the spirits are willing to speak.
This billet of figured claro walnut has been waiting for quite a few years to become a few dulcimers, and it's time has come!
First comes squaring it up, then resawing.
First comes squaring it up, then resawing.
July 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This billet of figured claro walnut has been waiting for quite a few years to become a few dulcimers, and it's time has come!
First comes squaring it up, then resawing.
First comes squaring it up, then resawing.
There's a story here...
July 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There's a story here...