Crossing Board

What players would know #

Illustration (player-safe) #

The crossing board is a low, slide-played string instrument associated with Statesboro and the wider River Marches. Played across the knees with a bone, glass, or stone slide, it produces gliding notes court musicians often call mournful and Marchers call truthful.

Common rumors #

• A good crossing board can make a room feel haunted without ever getting loud.
• Capital musicians keep trying to copy it and sanding all the danger off.

See also #

• Statesboro
• Boy Willie Brown
• Thin Crossings