Klarinet Archive - Posting 000856.txt from 1998/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] McIntyre Clarinet systeme
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:55:15 -0500

From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@-----.net>

>Can anyone help me to find information on the McIntyre Clarinet? This
>was a systeme invented in the 1950s that suppressed the throat G# and A
>keys, replacing them with a mechanism worked by the fingers of the left
>hand in a very logical fashion (see below).

The McIntyre clarinet was manufactured by Thibouville Freres.

Patent: 1959 (US) #3015981: clarinet key-mechanism.
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