Klarinet Archive - Posting 001242.txt from 1997/09

From: Jim Lytthans <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: Left-handed clarinetists
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 12:52:53 -0400

Nancy Garlick commented:
> I believe an unusually high number of major symphony players are left-handed and it may be because being left handed gives a player a slight edge.

Wow! Has research is this area been done? What a topic for a Doctoral
Dissertation: "The Left-Handed Clarinetist And It's Relationship To
Orchestral Employment". Go for it, Nancy!
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La Mirada (CA) Symphony Orchestra
Claremont Symphonic Winds
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