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Author: connie
Date: 2002-11-11 17:07
This is the inscription on a crystal mouthpiece belonging to a friend of mine. It is about 30 years old. He recently had an accident with it and is looking for a replacement. Anyone know the manufacturer and/or what type of facing/tip opening might be similar?
If it helps, he thinks there may also have been a "G G +1".
OR is it possible to have the old mouthpiece measured to try to find a similar replacement?
connie
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-11-11 17:20
connie...Most likely it was a Pomarico, which were faced GG1, GG2, GG3. The GG3 was the most open.
Pomarico no longer uses these designations. Today their facings are notated by emerald, sapphire, diamond, ruby, etc...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-11-11 20:36
One addition: The Pomarico "GG" mouthpiece facings were named (and made for) Ephriam Gigi, who was a clarinetist and conductor, and not for Gino Cioffi, as is often (mistakenly) thought...GBK
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Author: Bob Culbreth
Date: 2002-11-12 01:46
Robert Listokin retired clarinet teacher at the North Carolina School of the Arts had most of us on the GG -1 facings in the early 1980s. As I recall, Mr. Listokin said that the GG mouthpieces preceded the Pomaricos at least in name. I know that we had a tougher time finding Pomaricos that played like the GGs. These Pomaricos were before the Gem named series, they also used -1,1,2,3,. If your friend can't find another they like, contact me. I have a couple of the minus one facings and maybe I can help.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-11-12 17:02
I have 2 GG's for my bass cl, "Italy, 1 and 3", no + nor -. Yes, believe they are [early?] Pomaricos, who numbered them 1-4,5? somewhat like our early glass mp maker, O'Brien, have several of his Bbs [2 and 2S, refaced!] and a Selmer Clarion HS+[++?] and a "plain". I play on my BC 3 most for comm. band, the only tinkering with lay I have done was to carefully flatten the table [and shorten? the curve?], no tip change. On the too-close-for-comfort GG 1, sent it to Dave Spiegelthal who "opened it up" since he has knowledge and facilities well beyond me, I believe his fine print on it are "curve measurements" as are talked about on the www.yahoogroups/mouthpiecework [busy] site. It seems a bit more "classical" to me!!, but VG. Hope this may help, DONT DROP!!! Don
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-11-13 03:31
elmo...I've seen Guigui's named spelled the way you cited, as well as the (most likely) "Americanized" version Gigi, as I noted.
Actually, this 1958 version is the best:
<img src = "http://www.musicman.com/aart/gigi.gif"> ...GBK (sorry, I couldn't resist)
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-11-14 04:02
TKS, GBK, for "Little Girls" like Gigi. I now take even more pride in my GG's looking at the nice pic. Don
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