Talk:Wobble board

Lamellophone
Where does the information that it's a lamellophone come from? Badagnani (talk) 21:25, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Any way we could get an audio sample of a wobble board? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.167.199.125 (talk) 19:36, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Used by The Yardbirds?
I'm almost certain that a wobbleboard is used by the Yardbirds on their instrumental track "Hot House of Omagarashid" (from the album Roger the Engineer - if that can be confirmed it would be worth adding to the article... Grutness...wha?  11:54, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Two suggested additions.
1. Article says that they are not commercially produced. They certainly were after Harris' recording became a hit, I don't know who the manufacturer was, but the ones I saw were yellow and had a line drawing of Harris on at least one side. One occasionally comes up for auction on eBay.

2. The board is played by Emil Richards in George Harrison's song "It is He (Jai Sri Krishna)" on Harrison's Dark Horse album. 76.199.4.187 (talk) 14:43, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect history
Rolf Harris may have "popularized" the wobble board, at least in the mid-20th century, and he may even have coined the name, but he certainly didn't invent it. His wobble board is just a variation of the thundersheet, which was used for theatrical sound effects at least as far back as Shakespeare's time.

See Blades, James; Percussion Instruments and Their History; Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers; New York, New York: 1970. 509pp. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 19:46, 12 June 2019 (UTC)