Well, I don't play it myself but I love the instrument. Here is the legendary Jez Dolan giving it some with the Boat Band last week. The recording is a bit brass dominated, you can't hear much tea-chest, or not on my computer speakers, but it gives the idea. Jez wears his working glove very elegantly too, I think.
Anybody else got any samples? I'd particularly like to see some wash-tub bass, which I gather is the American equivalent to the British tea-chest. Were all the chests thrown in Boston harbour, thus creating a shortage? Anyway, clips please. There must be some old skiffle footage around.