Klarinet Archive - Posting 000931.txt from 2003/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Left, Right or mixed handed?
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:35:54 -0400

At 04:36 PM 6/25/2003 -0600, Christy Erickson wrote:
>Bill, I don't think this is such a major difference at all. Down is 1, not
>matter which hand you use. Just for once, I'd like to see the right-handed
>world make a minor adjustment for those of us who are different from the
>"norm." The lefties have spent years in school sitting at desks made for
>right-handers during 2 hour long lecture classes, workshops, etc... As some
>mentioned, they can't get a ligature that is comfortable for them to
>use-they're simply supposed to "make do" by turning one made for
>right-handers around, they're supposed to pay exhorbitant prices for items
>made especially for lefties like scissors, and now they're supposed to
>conduct in a manner that suits the right-handed world. We need to revolt!

I said it would be a MAJOR difference, but not an impossible one. The
majority group must be sensitive to and accommodate the differences of the
minority, but the minority must accept the fact that they ARE the minority
and conform as much as possible to the majority's standards and practices
if they expect to get along. This is true of handedness, religion, race,
ethnicity, and many other differences between people.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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