Roger Hecht wrote: >To the question proper, my explanation, which is by no means official, is >that it is the sound of the instruments we're concerned with when we put >all the violins on the left to create a more coherent or together sound. Oh, God damn what lucky guys these violinists! Could you imagine the stiff neck they would get, trying to look the maestro behind the violin, if the more coherent sound were on the right side!? God bless the acustics! Renato Vinicius [log in to unmask]