hammer hanging question

[Owen J Greyling, RPT]

Gordon,

Usually the hammer is glued on the shank between 5" and 5-1/8", so I would
think that you are within the ball park.  Not much fun cleaning up other
peoples trash jobs is it?  Don't you wish some of these misdirected
individuals had listened to their mom when she used to say "and if you make
a mess....clean it up YOURSELF"?

Owen J. Greyling RPT
Kingston Canada

At 11:08 PM 11/15/99 EST, you wrote:
>List,
>
>I'm replacing hammers on a 1963 Baldwin D Grand.  Unfortunately I am not 
>replacing the original hammers.  Whoever installed the existing hammers did a 
>very poor job.  They are not close to 90 degrees to the shank, shaping 
>appears to have been done freehand, possibly with a pocket knife.  In 
>addition, I suspect that these were likely not the correct hammers for this 
>instrument from the start. 
>
>I figure that using guide hammers from this set may not be much help!  
>
>Is 5-1/8" the correct distance (center pin to center of hammer molding) for 
>this instrument.  Is this a fairly standard measurement?  Seems like I should 
>have been able to find this information in my books or past journals, but I 
>wasn't having mush luck.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Gordon Large, RPT
>Maine
>
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