[Dixielandjazz] Washboard tuning

[Norrie Thomson]

Do washboard thimbles come in left and right handed or are they
ambidextrous?

Norrie

Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Ingle" <dingle at baldwin-net.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; "Dick Baker" <dickbkr at goon.org>; "Bill
Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Washboard tuning


> Mssr. Dick Baker:
> Au contrere, mon ami. Washboards are tuned according to their pitch. Pitch
> is determined by their key -- as are brass and reed instruments. To play
as
> an E flat washboard, you must use a set of E flat thimbles. The same holds
> true for C, B flat, G, etc.
> Spike Jones, one of the premier washboardists of all time, had complete
sets
> of tuned thimbles in all keys so that he could play in any key called. It
> got a little trickier with the gun shots and broken glass. This often
> resulted in a constant turnover of band members and a big surge in the
sale
> of gauze and surgical dressing.
> Hope this bit of vital information helps. Lacking tuned thimbles, some
> change of washboard pitch can be achieved with the energetic use of a five
> pound ball peen hammer -- but not while the washboardist is wearing it.
> Yours for greater truth in jazz.
> Don Ingle
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Baker" <dickbkr at goon.org>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:22 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Washboard tuning
>
>
> > At 03:00 PM 12/16/2003, Steve Barbone wrote:
> > >Question: Do different sized washboards have different tuning
> > >characteristics. If so, then Bill Gunter and Jerry Gordon et al could
> > >use several and always be in tune no matter what. ;-)
> > >--------------------------------------------
> >
> > All sharp washboardists tune in two seconds flat.
> >
> >
> >
> >    Dick Baker - Falls Church, Virginia, USA
> >                dickbkr at goon.org
> >
> >
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