Are your lefty violins just standard violins with the strings switched?
Our true left-handed violins are made from scratch specifically for left-handed players and are not converted standard violins.
The difference between a true left-handed violin and one strung backwards is considerable.
There are a few things going on inside a violin. It's not just an empty box. The inner workings of a violin, the a bass bar and sound post, coupled with how the plates (back and front) are carved are what support the various frequencies and give a violin the best tone.
So a violin with the strings reversed without being MADE to play left-handed is like rewiring your stereo to put low frequencies through the tweeters and the high end through bass woofers.
Picture a stereo setup improperly: the sound would be terrible, boomy on the high end and thin on the low end. This would happen with your violin's sound, and of course the right-handed angle of the neck and bowing that fights gravity and physics would make playing so much more difficult.
All these factors are reversed:
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Bass bar
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Sound post
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Neck angle
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Fingerboard angle
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Chin rest
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Peg and peg hole arrangement
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Bridge carving and setup
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String installation
For more information, you can read my detailed article about left-handed violins here and check out our true lefty violins here.
