Okay, McGrath, a return to the original question is fair, but don't we need to determine:

1)when did people became predominantly right-handed {archeologists tell us folks were once mostly left-handed but an evil gene became dominant); and

2) is the instrument in question really designed for right-handed people or a derivitive of something originally left-handed -- or perhaps even invented by a left-handed person?

Let's take the guitar, a fairly universal instrument today: Anyone know its history in full? I'd assume it's a derivitive instrument, but from what? What's the ratio of left- right-handedness in the culture of its origin?

And is this why me da called me his "little throwback"?

Sarah