Thanks all for all the good info... though not exactly what I wanted to hear. I'm left handed and play guitar & banjo right handed. When I think of playing a violin I can only imagine holding it in my right hand and bowing left handed. With a lot of work I can only imagine approaching mediocrity.. so may try just reversing strings and see if that the tuning peg causes too much trouble. It will be old time fiddle music and my own songs... so it may be ok. Thanks again.