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RE: ebay posting for mcintyre

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-07-19 14:13

Karen -

On the McIntyre clarinet, you'll see four pads in a row above the open hole for your left index finger. The bottom one opens when you lift your thumb for open G.

The next pad up, for Ab, opens when you put down your left ring finger.

The next one, for A, opens when you put down your left middle finger. If your left ring finger is not already down, this also opens the Ab pad.

The top pad, for Bb, opens when you put down both your left middle and index fingers. (It can't be operated by just your left index finger, since then you would lose the usual fingering for F#.

There's a good thread at http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=37401&t=37389 .

I met Mr. McIntyre at a show many years ago. He was a great enthusiast and played pretty well on his instrument. However, the change in fingering was big enough that you really had to stop playing for a while until you learned it thoroughly, and so it never caught on. Also, the instruments themselves were not top-line quality.

They're a curiosity, and worth bidding on if you're a collector. Alex Music in New York has several that they have restored. However, they're not particularly rare or particularly good instruments.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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