Clarinet, B-flat
Distributor
McIntyre Clarinet Company
Maker
Thibouville frères
Date1959 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelMcIntyre System
Serial No.1071
SignedStamped on barrel, top joint, bell: [crown] / [five vertical lines] / Mc INTYRE / System / [five vertical lines] / PARIS (whole signature at this point bordered by lyre shaped garland) / Patent PendingMarkingsStamped on top joint just below top tenon: MADE IN FRANCE
Description4 sections: barrel, top joint, bottom joint, and bell. Grenadilla wood body, nickel-silver keywork and ferrules. McIntyre system (modified Boehm) with no conventional G-sharp or A key. 14 touchpieces and 7 rings.
The "McIntyre System" was invented by Thomas F. and Robert J. McIntyre of Thomaston, Connecticut. US Patent No. 3,015,981. Filed September 9, 1958 and granted January 9, 1962. The Mclntyre Company was in existence in Thomaston, Connecticut, from approximately 1950 until 1965.
All of McIntyre’s inventions are applied to the upper section of the clarinet and are to be fingered principally with the left hand. The bottom section is unchanged and is fingered exactly like a regular Boehm System instrument. The result is a new fingering for the throat tones.
DimensionsOverall length (from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell): 667 mm
Overall length (from tip of barrel to bottom of bell): 595 mm
Barrel: 63 mm
Upper joint: 189 mm
Bottom joint: 233 mm
Bell: 108 mm
Bore at top of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of top joint: 14.8 mm
Bore at bottom of bottom joint: 22.5 mm
ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Object number05791
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