From 2240fbe7efc98ca2216c6b556e4c3c0af11d05f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jos=C3=A9phine=20Wolf=20Oberholtzer?=
 <josephine.wolf.oberholtzer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:36:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Streamline PatternPlayer.play()

---
 supriya/patterns/patterns.py | 2 +-
 supriya/patterns/players.py  | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/supriya/patterns/patterns.py b/supriya/patterns/patterns.py
index 45e179971..e292245c7 100644
--- a/supriya/patterns/patterns.py
+++ b/supriya/patterns/patterns.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def play(
                 Optional[Coroutine],
             ]
         ] = None,
-        clock: Optional[BaseClock],
+        clock: BaseClock,
         quantization: Optional[Quantization] = None,
         target_bus: Optional[Bus] = None,
         target_node: Optional[Node] = None,
diff --git a/supriya/patterns/players.py b/supriya/patterns/players.py
index fe254ae1b..8165c0acb 100644
--- a/supriya/patterns/players.py
+++ b/supriya/patterns/players.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 from ..clocks import (
     BaseClock,
     CallbackEvent,
-    Clock,
     ClockContext,
-    OfflineClock,
     Quantization,
 )
 from ..contexts import Bus, Context, ContextObject, Node
@@ -256,7 +254,8 @@ def play(
         )
         if until:
             self._clock.schedule(self._stop_callback, event_type=2, schedule_at=until)
-        self._clock.start(initial_time=at)
+        if not self._clock.is_running and hasattr(self._clock, "start"):
+            self._clock.start(initial_time=at)
 
     def stop(self, quantization: Optional[Quantization] = None) -> None:
         with self._lock: