This may be a silly question (but it's never stopped me before).
In the '50s when skiffle was popular it was easy to get a washboard as most of our grandmothers had one, communal wash-houses were still a feature of our industrial inner cities and only the posh had washing mashines.
Do drum manufacturers now produce facsimiles for jug bands etc. or do the drummers have to pay "antique" prices?
The late Beryl Bryden had hers plated (?silver or chrome).
One of George Melly's jokes is that having a drummer with a washboard on tour makes getting the skid marks out of longjohns in a hotel washbasin much easier.
Are the only percussionists on the 'Cat bodhran players? RtS