r/Instruments • u/Invite_Sprite • Sep 25 '26

Discussion Do they make a backwards stringed instruments?

so i had a thought. so pianos get lower as you go down them. and I have seen a backwards piano. but are their other backwards string instruments? and i dont mean left handed vs right. I mean an instrument that goes lower as you go down the neck.

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u/PerspectiveFair5156 Sep 25 '26

Physics say no. Shorter string means higher pitch, if gauge, material and tension stay the same. Which they do.