.525/.547 small or large shank?

[CornyBone]

I recently switched from a straight .547 bore slide to a .525/.547 dual bore, and it was a choice I'm so happy I made. I'm interested in hearing whether other dual bore users choose to use a small or large shank leadpipe and why. I currently play with a small shank leadpipe with a 6 1/2 and that works well for me. But I'm curious to see other people's thought process behind their shank choice.

[hyperbolica]

I've tried large shank with 525, but if you're going to do that, you might as well stick with straight 547. With my 525, I always use small shank. I use DE stuff, E/F cup with 4 shank.

[bimmerman]

I play a .525/547 from time to time with a DE F+/G5 cup/shank combination. Works nicely on that and .525 regular. Both were small shank.

I cut a .547 leadpipe short enough to fit in the .525 side, leaving it about 4inches long. It....was an experiment? I'll just use the .547 slide instead.

(all Edwards, fwiw)

[Matt K]

I just switched recently. The 525/547 gives a lot more focus. I tried a few pipes but the one that works best is the Conn X though it is a ridiculous pipe for reasons I'll be enumerating shortly once I fix them. I like having two pipes around though; the other is a Conn 52 that I had threads added. The "X" is large shank, the 52 is small shank. With the small shank, I find that it works really well for anything commercial that I wouldn't be using the smaller horn for (or if I need to and wasn't made aware of it) and the large shank one gives me more focus than a 547 slide but is still quite broad enough for anything classical that I might be doing.

That all said, I tend to stick with the large shank for it since if I wanted something more commercial, I'd just use my small bore horn.

[Bach5G]

I’ve got large and small shank Shires Sauer pipes for my .525.