They were both lefties! One of them simply chose to go with the easily available instrument builds when learning.
Ha! Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Winheld [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 5:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism > > But if it's a flopped engraving we don't know which is the true > lefty-- might as well go back to the museum and puzzle over the > shovel.... > > >What about this picture from 1601 (by Philippe Galle) : > >http://le.luth.free.fr/lefties.htm > >When in the same picture you can see an right-handed player and a > >left-handed one, I suppose it adds up to admitting that lefties did > >exist, even in a very small proportion, just like now. > >And I don't really buy the "moral" justification to the > >representation of a lefty player... > > > >Best, > > > >Jean-Marie, one rather happy lefty in the oppressed minority ;-))) > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
