The washboard is a device not much in use these days except as a display in antique stores or, infrequently, as a percussion instrument in a country band. The one handed down to us from my mother, who ...
To be sure, it constitutes a conversation piece. The Rube Goldberg-esque curiosity within the musical-instruments collections at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (NMAH) consists ...
Did you know the home of the longest remaining washboard factory is right here in Ohio?There's a festival that takes place every year in Ohio since 2000 to celebrate washboards and the music that ...