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The Importance of Being Left-Handed

Lynne Ramsey, assistan principal violist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Photo by Mark Satola.
Lynne Ramsey, assistan principal violist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Photo by Mark Satola.

Every orchestral string player plays her instrument in right-handed mode, whether she's right-handed or not. For International Left-Handers Day, the Cleveland Orchestra's assistant principal talked with WCLV's Mark Satola abou being a left-handed player in a right-handed world.