Klarinet Archive - Posting 001225.txt from 1997/09

From: Douglas Sears <dsears@-----.org>
Subj: left-handed clarinet
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 11:50:38 -0400

I have an unusual question. Has a left-handed clarinet ever been
made? I know someone who is seriously interested in obtaining
one, regardless of whether it's Albert, Mueller, or Boehm system.
By "left-handed" I mean that the left hand would be on the
bottom. This would be for a person who plays a Balkan bagpipe
with left hand lower. I know, I know -- he should learn to play
the normal way -- but the request was made in all seriousness to
me, and I promised to pass it on to the list.

I think it's an interesting question, anyway. Many keyless folk
instruments, e.g., the pennywhistle, are built completely
symmetrical, so that either hand can be on top.

--Doug

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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears