Peter's contribution reminds me of a performance I attended in high school. The
string quartet from Western Michigan University came to my high school on a
recruiting trip, and the cellist had been in a serious car accident earlier in
his life. He had re-taught himself to play, and played
I, for one, am all for it. Talent and will tend to conquer all and often
create opportunities where none might seem to exist. Logistical
considerations need to be considered but are fairly easily solved (assuming
adequate space is available between hornists while rehearsing and
performing). And
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As I told you guys the other day, I met a young lady (age 16)
who wants to play horn, but has been playing trumpet because
her left hand is deficient of normal digits. She's very
bright, plays trumpet piano quite well, comes from a
musical family (dad's a
I have had the oppurtunity to both play and play in a section with a
custom-built right-handed N series Conn 8D. The gentleman that owned it had
lost all of his fingers on his left hand in an accident, so he contacted Conn
and for a fee they assembled a backward horn for him. The instrument
For what it is worth, in my school days of yore, I played the Brahms trio
with a violinist who held the fiddle backwards, with his hands reversed,
fingering with his right hand. He is still quite active on the free-lance
scene in the city here and it seems not to have too seriously hampered his
Hi again, Guys
In response to the question of the girl who wants to play the horn
right-handed. I have no opinion on whether she will be accepted in a music
school but would certainly not discourage her from playing. I have a number of
right-handed horns in my collection from all periods of
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