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[ALEX ILES]

Bob is right in the general case.

But Tom is also correct that there are exceptions.

Just to confuse matters further...

Conn offers a lead-pipe for its .525 or dual bore 88H slide [. 
525/.547] .that takes a large shank mp.

Alex
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On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Tom Izzo wrote:

> Bob, Jerry, & all,
>
> --- Bob Koester <bobkoester at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>> Except for that off-size shank Reynolds used a
>> number of years ago on
>> selected models, you can pretty safely figure that
>> anything smaller than a
>> .547 will be a small shank.
>
> Not entirely. There are some intermediate shanks out
> there, particularly on some German instruments.
> I have a C tenor with a .540 bore, has the European
> intermediate bore (halway between "large" & "small").
>
> And I've seen a Shires option on medium bores (.525,
> .535) accepting the "large" bore shank, particularly
> the models with removable leadpipes.
>
> Tom
>
> Tom
>
>> Regards,
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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