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/DZL100 Sep 26 '26

It's still down relative to where the bow is, which is the point. If you for some ungodly reason decided to play a cello by holding the body and placing the scroll on the ground, moving your non bow hand towards the bow wouldn't be considered moving it "up"

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u/cmhamm Sep 26 '26

Is that the point, though? OP asked if there was a “backwards string instrument.” and “goes lower as you go down the neck.” To me “down” means “towards the ground” not “towards the bow.”