John Levy Smithsonian Interview Block 135 (Q15084)

Yeah. I recall some lessons. Somebody came to the house. This is my best recollection of it at that time. They came to the house and [I would] take lessons, but I didn't practice very much with it. I didn't care much for practicing. But it stayed with me later on, when I started with the string bass, because actually a violin - the bass is just tuned - the strings are backwards - in other word ...