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Re: The clarinet in literature

Author: Bennett ★2017
Date: 2020-09-07 09:38

From The Problem of the Purple Maculas by James C Iraldi, a continuation of the Sherlock Holmes canon, reprinted in The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories edited by Otto Penzler.

Holmes ID's a client, Mr. Morrison, as a clarinet player:

“The links in my chain were forged, Mr. Morrison, by noticing your underlip and your right thumb. On your lip I observed the layer of protective skin left there by the reed; and when we shook hands I distinctly felt the horny ridge on the top knuckle of your thumb.” Turning to me [Watson] he explained further. “Such markings are indicative of the clarinet player. Pressure on the lip gives us our first clue; and the callus on the thumb is caused by the weight of the instrument which rests upon it.”

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