Fiddlestix said
Good thought Terry, you could move the sound post, turn the bridge around and put a left handed chin rest on the violin, but there's another thing you need to think of, that being the BASS bar, which is located on the opposite side of the sound post under the bass side of the bridge. It is probably  8" to 10" long and runs parallel with the top of the violin. It is fitted perfectly to the underside of the top of the violin and glued in before the top is set on the violin.  Need I say more ?

I think the tuning pegs are just opposite from a R.handed violin too.

Has anyone in the forum ever played a 5 string violin?

Several years ago I saw a 5 string fiddle in a pawn shop, I was tempted to buy it. I have played a 3 string violin before. It happened when I was about 9 yrs old playiing a solo number in a recital. My A string busted in the middle of the song and I finished with only the E,D and G strings. The audience was impressed.

I can still remember and play the first few bars of that song and for the life of me I can't remember it's name. I have been tempted to record a audio of it and post it here to see if anyone knows the name of it.

Maybe this will help... Da Dee Da Da Dee Da, Dum Dee Dum ... any one know it?

 

I appoligize , I didn't mean to get off my topic. If a person is dislexic you don't do the opposit because the oppsit is already done for you .  It is opposite to have a righthand player, play a violin in the left hand . Who came up with that idea , I cna't imagine. A right hand player should play the violin in the right hand . If the player is a beginer then all the better because he doesn't have to deconstruct from learning to play the violin in the wrong hand. So if the G string is on bottom and the E string is on top, Why would that make a difference?