Klarinet Archive - Posting 000928.txt from 2003/06

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Left, Right or mixed handed?/Stephanie
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:52:35 -0400

> From: Tony Pay [mailto:Tony@-----.uk]
>
> A famous British string quartet, the Allegri, had for a time a
> left-handed second violin -- who incidentally used to sit opposite the
> first violin, so that both instruments were 'favoured' equally from the
> audience's point of view.
>
Did he reverse his bridge and string his violin in reverse of a conventional
one? I can imagine all kinds of bowing technique involving string crossings
being very different if the G string is at the top and the E at the bottom -
or maybe it would just look different. I've never seen anyone do this.

Karl

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