On 3/18/2018 5:50 PM, kevinr wrote:
> Have any of you attempted changing dominant hands? My left hand has
> very few broken bones in it and rarely has the pain I have in my right
> one. How difficult would it be to learn to send with my non-dominant
> hand? I came very close to giving up CW a few years ago when I had
> nerve damage in my right arm. I have gotten marginally better since
> then but hate hurting peoples' ears with my sending. A friend of mine
> was able to learn to bow her cello left handed and went on to
> Juilliard. But I don't have anywhere near her skills. Any thoughts you
> may have for my dilemma?
I tried to do it (12 years ago) but did not succeed. My Morse skills
are bad enough without trying to make them any worse. My straight-key
sending is not too bad if I go slowly enough, but my receiving skills
have deteriorated markedly.
Left-handed bowing? Hmm... In HS my daughter who is left-hand-dominant
tried to learn the viola with right-hand bowing. She gave it up. She
is a "leftie" by heredity - my mom, my youngest brother, and mom's three
grand-daughters were all lefties. Mom was forced to function as a
rightie in school back when (early in the 20th century) but did some
things left-handed. Watching her I learned to eat Euro-style (fork in
left hand).
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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