Klarinet Archive - Posting 000519.txt from 2004/01

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] Pomarco Mouthpiece Questions
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:05:39 -0500

I played Pomarica on Tenor Saxophone and on clarinet - but was not satisfied
in the long run because they were not fitting for me.

Best Georg

Am 15.01.2004 19:46 Uhr schrieb "Gary Van Cott" unter <gary@-----.com>:

> I recently bought some books from a retired clarinetist. Included were
> some mouthpieces (blanks mostly), barrels and miscellaneous accessories.
>
> Among the mouthpieces are three soprano clarinet Pomarco crystal mouthpieces.
>
> Two of the mouthpieces appear to be exactly the same. They are inscribed
> with a 2 and an italic AL on the back of the mouthpiece.
>
> The other mouthpiece does not have anything inscribed on the crystal. It
> is a somewhat different design and is also slightly shorter (3 mm?) than
> the first two mouthpieces. This one has a number 2 on the tenon
> ring. Also on this mouthpiece the bottom of the window appears to have
> been opened up in a semicircle extending to a maximum of about 2 mm below
> what I think would be the normal bottom of the window. For me this
> mouthpiece plays pretty well, certainly better than the first two.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on these mouthpieces?
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org