Klarinet Archive - Posting 000646.txt from 1996/03

From: Richard Lahrson <tripspud@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: That Holland Opus movie thing
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:49:51 -0500

I remember buying a new plastic clarinet when I started taking private
lessons, after using the grade schools metal clarinet. I think it was
about 1958.

On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Neil Leupold wrote:

> I was teaching a student the other day, and he mentioned that a plastic
> clarinet was used in the movie which, as far as he knew, was a mistake.
> I haven't seen the movie and do not know when it is set, but he stated
> that it was set in the 50's or 60's. He stated that plastic clarinets
> were not first manufactured until sometime in the early 70's. Is this
> correct? I'm not up on my plastic clarinet trivia, but this seemed an
> interesting notion if true.
>
> Neil
>