hammer hanging question

[Wallace Wilson]

Contact Wally Brooks, listed in the PTG Directory.  He handles not only
hammers, shanks, & flanges, but has a wealth of knowledge.  He might
have the info at hand to bore them & hang them for you.

--Wally Wilson, RPT
  Ravenswood, WV

PNOTNR@AOL.COM 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