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Refacing a stuffy Pomarico?

Author: Celeborn
Date: 2006-01-16 02:42

I've got this glass Pomarico, Jazz**, and its upper clarion and altissimo are just incredible. The only problem is, the entire chalumeau register and low clarion tend to be almost intolerably stuffy. This is using reeds in the generally accepted stiffness range for such an open piece, which I take to be around an average 2, depending of course on the brand. I'm under the impression that this isn't very unusual at all for gass pieces in general and Pomaricos specifically, and thus I wondered if this mouthpiece, which has such a unique sound up high, can be reformed via refacing to deal with that stuffiness down low. There are some of you on this board, Dave Spiegelthal, for one, if I'm not mistaken, who do this type of work. What are the prospects for this problem? Incidentally, it is a very long lay, open tip deal.

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