Re: turbo lids handedness?

[BluesHarpTX <bluesharptx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, so I took a closer look at my turbolid-- the lower lid is *slightly* more curvy (to fit the thumb) than the top lid but it is essentially symmetric top- and bottom-wise. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work the same way flipped over into the right hand for a left-handed cupper (with the exception of possible reed pinging on the low end).

I tried holding with the right hand and cupping with the left.  Indeed it feels awkward to me, but I also can't throw a baseball worth a flip with my opposite hand.

Regards,
Frank

On 20 Jan 2003, fjm wrote:

>
> Rick Beall writes:
>
> >  Turbolids are indeed designed for holding
> >  in the left hand and cupping with the
> >  right. If you do it the other way, then the
> >  magic goes away and they become as awkward
> >  as an ordinary harp.
>
> Rick's the first person to have figured out
> what I meant by handed, the turbo lids are
> made for holding left cupping right. This of
> course is right handed. It's also not the way
> I play, I hold right, cup left and I don't
> invert the harmonica. Thanks for the answer
> Rick. fjm