Yeah, I was just trying to remember. Playing a trumpet left-handed would 
be like playing a flugelhorn right-handed... the bells and leadpipes are 
on the opposite sides of the valve casings. (That sounds convoluted but 
I hope y'all know what I mean.)

Sorry, Jaimie, I should have made the disclaimer: I am a trumpet 
player/keyboard player. (And obviously not quite as ambidextrous as 
those rock geniuses out there!)

-Farrar Hudkins

Jaimie Vernon wrote:
> AT Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:37:22 Farrar wrote:
> 
>> Wasn't there also some trumpet player who used to play left-handed?
>> This was back in the day... I can't recall.
> 
> The keys on a trumpet are in the middle so it really doesn't matter much 
> which hand you use. The notes are still in the same place...it just 
> makes handling the instrument a little more difficult because of the 
> shape of the piping.
> 
> 
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