Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2009/12

From: Martin Marks <martymarks@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pomarico crystal mouthpiece
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:49:29 -0500


On Saturday, December 19, 2009, at 02:34PM, "Fred Jacobowitz" <fbjacobo@-----.net> wrote:
>Antonio,
> I congratulate you on your good luck with Pomarico mouthpieces.
>Unfortunately, I cannot say the same thing. I recently tried to match
>a mouthpiece designed by the late Jerry Hall, and made by Pomarico. I
>ordered a total of 7 of the same (supposed) facing. They were so
>uneven in measurements that they could just as easily have been 7
>different facings!
> Unfortunately, here in the US, you can't expect a store to have a
>dozen of them on hand (and no mail order companies had, or would let
>me order, more than 4 at one time), so finding a good one would be
>quite a challenge! I hope that they have remedied this horrendous
>lack of quality control. Unfortunately, none of them was close enough
>to Jerry's measurements for me to use, although that may not have
>been Pomarico's fault - Jerry's facing may have been quite unusual.
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>
I was using one of Jerry's Pomaricos in his #2 facing and I've been playing on the new Pomarico Ruby, Mellow. The Pomarico Nigun is similar to Jerry's #1. Have you tried these new facings. They're very different than the older facings and more consistant. They're available at hornsales.com.
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