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Author: acusado
Date: 2023-08-03 19:55
I want to buy a Pomarico mouthpiece, and I have a Vandoren B40 Lyre (Profile 88) since I have no knowledge in mouthpieces im asking here which mouthpiece would fit better, I dont play Jazz, mostly modern and classical music.
Post Edited (2023-08-03 19:56)
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Author: johnwesley
Date: 2023-08-03 22:32
If you're looking for something similar to the B40, I'd suggest a Pomarico Saphire. It's tip opening is 1.15mm compared to 1.15mm for the B40. Another Pomarico that could work is a Pomarico simply marked 2. Thomann music in Germany has the best pricing. $126 plus shipping for the Saphire. Thomannmusic.com is where to shop. Good luck.
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Author: sonicbang
Date: 2023-08-04 02:03
hi acusado,
Pomarico mouthpieces are great as a refacing candidate. I have yet to find one that has a symmetrical factory facing, properly portioned rails and a tip contour that matches the shape of any known reed type.
Maybe this sounds a bold statement, but I have refaced and optimized at least 30 Pomaricos in the past ~two years for clients around the world. Every single one played better after refacing than in the original condition. I also play a Pomarico 0 and a Pomarico 1 that I refaced for myself.
The facing inconsistency is probably the result of the extremely hard material that is so difficult to machine.
The only symmetrical facing I have ever seen on a crystal mouthpiece, I found on a 'Deposé 1' mouthpiece. The origin of this one is still a mystery to me.
~10 years ago, I tried 50+ crystal mouthpieces at the Pomarico stand at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt and I was determined to find one that plays well for me. It took me an hour to finally pick one.
Anyway, try as many as you can before you buy one.
Mark
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-08-04 04:44
I've had great luck with Pomarico wooden mouthpieces. I have a few 1Ls that play great. Not really like the B40 though, they are less open.
......................Paul Aviles
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Author: johnwesley
Date: 2023-08-04 05:51
The Pomarico woodens are indeed wonderful MPCs. I had two of them made to my specs and boy what a wonderful experience. However both were stolen along with a couple Pomarico crystals when the thief made off with my R-13. Unfortunately Ricardo and the guys at Pomarico don't make wooden pieces anymore.
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Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2023-08-04 10:35
Interesting...
I bought three of the "Pete Fountain" Leblanc (made by Pomarico) crystal mouthpieces a number of years ago and they all play wonderfully. One a little less than the other two, but all equal to (or better) than the Vandoren or Pyne I was using before.
Did Leblanc do something to them after Pomarico made them? (I'd be surprised if they did...but perhaps?)
Fuzzy
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Author: acusado
Date: 2023-08-04 17:58
What about the Pomarico Paris? It has 1.16mm compared to the 1.17 of my mpc.
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Author: Max S-D
Date: 2023-08-04 21:36
I bought a couple of Pomarico bass clarinet mouthpieces, the Henri Bok model and the Jazz** back when I was really experimenting with open tips. I also bought a clarinet mouthpiece, the Sapphire I believe. The QC was pretty bad on all of them, with lots of visible unevenness internally and externally, but the Jazz** played unlike just about anything else, even though it was a bit weird to find reeds for and a bit unresponsive. I used it for 6 months or so.
The Henri Bok model played like garbage, but I foolishly kept it because the experienced player that sold it to me told me it played very well for them, so I thought I must have been missing something. The Sapphire was stuffy and thin toned and I didn't play it much.
About a year after I got them, I started measuring mouthpieces out of curiosity using a glass gauge and feeler set and realized that the Sapphire and Henri Bok mouthpiece were completely, wildly out of whack. The HB in particular was just...not even a little bit close to correct. The facing on one side never met the reed until well past the window. It was never going to play well. The Sapphire was similarly uneven, though not quite as bad.
The Jazz** was slightly uneven in the facing and totally asymmetrical inside, but it played OK. I eventually had Mike Manning put a "perfected" version of that facing and an approximation of the baffle onto a Selmer Concept and that played the pants off the Jazz** and eliminated a lot of the response issues even though that mouthpiece design was never intended to be that open or have that kind of baffle.
I say all of this to say that, even though I seem to be a bit of a slow learner, I wouldn't bother with Pomarico when there are plenty of mouthpiece makers that can make me a wonderful mouthpiece the first time for similar or less money than a Pomarico plus a reface. The only circumstance when I'd buy another would be if a store had them in stock and I could go in and try them before putting money down.
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Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2023-08-07 05:10
I’ve never played a Pomerico that played as well as an old O’Brien. Then with a little bit or refacing they are down right magical.
Tom Puwalski
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