![]() But the biggest drawback to their clarinet was the weight and complexity of the new mechanism. It is a hard sell because it has to use different fingerings in throat-note. They had the clarinet bodies and keys made by a company in France (Thibouville Freres, Ivry-la-Bataille) and they assembled them in Connecticut. ![]() After their new invention was introduced, it was well received and even the famous clarinetist Bonade endorsed it. After they had come up with their best model, they applied for, and eventually were granted a patent. They worked many years on a new configuration that would eliminate the problem of "Cross the Break" Thomas McIntyre had made many prototypes to test. "Thomas and Robert Mclntyre had a music store in Naugatuck, CT and were repairmen and engineers. (The McIntyre System was granted patent in 1959) From a private conversation with a person who had worked with the McIntyre brothers in designing and promoting this system when it first introduced in 1950s.
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