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crystal mouthpieces

Author: packrat
Date: 2014-04-16 22:19

I friend who plays professionally on a Ruby Pomarico recently recommended I try one. I tried an Emerald he had and I liked the clarity but it was way too stuffy. He has the freest blowing horn I have ever played so I don't think stuffiness is as noticeable on his clarinet as it is on mine.

I had several Ruby, Nigun and Diamond sent to me all Mellow facing. They were all stuffy, the Nigun less so. I tried a variety of reed strengths and several different ligatures. Nothing seemed to help the stuffiness. I recently read somewhere that a Mellow facing is "open" and the Bright is "closed". My other mouthpieces are closed facings so perhaps I just ordered the wrong thing?

I did keep the Nugen because even though this one was stuffy it had more clarity, a bigger sound, and better intonation in the upper register. I'm still not as happy with it as I am with my Fobes CWF

Should I try the Pomarico Black Crystal mouthpieces? Are they just as stuffy and their clear cousins or do you think I would be happier with them?

Sometimes I get disgusted and just think I should let well enough alone. :-)

Thank you for any thoughts you might have.

Packrat

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