On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Leonard Williams wrote: > Or a left-handed wind instrument?
Yes. The left-hand-closest-to-body position on woodwinds was not always standard. With a lot of simple woodwinds the design of the instrument allows it to be played with the hands in either position. The left-hand-closest-to-body position on woodwinds was not always standard. The addition of keys changed things, because you have to put the keys somewhere, and that somewhere is likely to be accessible from only one side. Some baroque one-keyed oboes have a doubled C# key that can be reached from either side, so it works with either hand in the lower position. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
