Klarinet Archive - Posting 000509.txt from 1996/02

From: "Susan E. Pontow" <FBVB@-----.BITNET>
Subj: Re: Nitpicking Mr. Holland's Opus
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 16:50:13 -0500

At 03:49 PM 2/7/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi there. Did anyone notice the part in Mr Holland's Opus where the
>clarinetist leaves her clarinet on the music stand overnight and then
>comes back the next day and she plays it perfectly. She didn't even lick
>the reed or wet it at all. Who knows how warped that thing must have
>been from being out all night. That must have been a detail that someone
>missed that only a clarinetist would pick up on. Any others?
>
> Marshall Mentz
> mmentz@-----.edu
>
>

I noticed that also, and mentioned it to my non-musician fiance, who patiently
puts up with all my criticisms about such things in movies. He then asked me
if everyone else were playing their instruments correctly!

Susan Pontow
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
fbvb@-----.edu