brokenbow Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 https://greenville.craigslist.org/msg/d/left-handed-stradivarius/6760237226.html If any of you are thinking about stealing it, security will be present!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 If I was selling a real Strad - for some reason a Craigslist ad wouldn't occur to me. But maybe I'm odd that way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinsRus Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 it's one of these, you can tell, it has the same chinrest and tailpiece model, and is photographed on the same stand with the same lighting. Much better bargain price here, but too bad, it's not a real one, you can tell because it says it's a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matesic Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 A point that I'd never considered before - how many makers in history produced left-handed instruments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 The attack of the sinister Strad? How Lovecraftian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASEWICZ Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, matesic said: A point that I'd never considered before - how many makers in history produced left-handed instruments? There were no left handers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sospiri Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 16 hours ago, Rue said: If I was selling a real Strad - for some reason a Craigslist ad wouldn't occur to me. But maybe I'm odd that way... It's just a quick sale. The seller oviously need some money to buy christmas pressies. That's why it's only $750,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxMitchell Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 10 hours ago, Jerry Pasewicz said: There were no left handers..... It was 'evil' to be left-handed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Kolisch did have his strad converted to left-handed, but I would bet that left-handed people like myself were forced to play right handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Jennings Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 22 minutes ago, FoxMitchell said: It was 'evil' to be left-handed! And I have the Hickory Ruler induced enlarged knuckles to prove it...... after 40 years in Law Enforcement nuns still scare me like not much else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 46 minutes ago, duane88 said: Kolisch did have his strad converted to left-handed, but I would bet that left-handed people like myself were forced to play right handed. Is there really a right-handed or left-handed way to play the violin? Wouldn't a naturally left-handed person have an advantage on a right-handed violin, assuming that better motor skills would be most useful for intonation, shifting, double or triple stops, fingered octaves, and vibrato? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 15 minutes ago, David Burgess said: Is there really a right-handed or left-handed way to play the violin? Wouldn't a naturally left-handed person have an advantage on a right-handed violin, assuming that better motor skills would be most useful for intonation, shifting, double or triple stops, fingered octaves, and vibrato? I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Appleman Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Heifetz was a southpaw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Jennings Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Complete Southpaw here.... but have always played [50+years] fretted instruments right handed, continued with that when I took up the fiddle. Agree with David that there may be an advantage on the fingerboard. Benedetti is another accomplished soloist who is a southpaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 I also don't think a violin is left or right handed - and I think there is no advantage, but myriad disadvantages to switching - but lefties have told me to mind my own business on the matter. However ...both hands play an equal role, and you can argue that maybe the right is a bit more important - at high levels of playing. But - by the time you get to that level, overall ability will have developed to the point it's a moot issue. Beginner lefties might even have a slight advantage - why lose that? It's like the piano - why aren't there left and right handed pianos? Because there's no need. Both hands learn their roles. The only valid reason I can think of, to switch a violin over, is to accommodate an injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FidPup Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 https://greenville.craigslist.org/msg/d/left-handed-stradivarius/6760237226.html "SOLD"?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Maybe he just misplaced the decimal point? 750.00, 75.00, 7.50? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 48 minutes ago, Rue said: Maybe he just misplaced the decimal point? 750.00, 75.00, 7.50? And Free Shipping!! I notice that the ad now says "SOLD". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 ...less embarrassing than "FRAUD"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matesic Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 On 11/30/2018 at 8:52 PM, David Burgess said: Is there really a right-handed or left-handed way to play the violin? Wouldn't a naturally left-handed person have an advantage on a right-handed violin, assuming that better motor skills would be most useful for intonation, shifting, double or triple stops, fingered octaves, and vibrato? I'd say for a left-hander the normal layout of strings (and of course sound post and bass bar) would necessarily be reversed in order to facilitate playing on the E-string in high positions. As to whether the right hand naturally possesses better motor (finger dexterity) skills, I'm not so sure. I am inclined to think the right hand is usually the "executive" one which determines exactly when and how a note is produced. Of course, guitars have evolved the same way which can hardly be coincidental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Jacoby Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 I made a leftie commission for a player in FL a few years ago. Damage to the left hand made fingering impossible— the other times I’ve seen it done for more than vanity were when fingers went missing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 How many fingers does one need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marijan Radaljac Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, David Burgess said: How many fingers does one need? One left and one right is suficient in most cases. On the other hand, how many fingers can one have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vathek Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 I wonder if Reinhardt used a special tuning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Jacoby Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, David Burgess said: How many fingers does one need? The man was a wizard! I wonder how grappeli would have fared with two left fingers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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