Hi list, I have an upright Heintzman, the tall one. It came to me with the hammers all missing. I decided to replace the butts, (brass rail), I already had the butts, so since the rail seems good, I am using them. The next time I will change to wooden flanges, as has been suggested recently, on the list. The butts are apparently bored to a different angle, than the originals. The originals had been massacred over the years as well, so there was some variance in them. How do I determine the pitch, and bore length for the new hammers. I am getting Abel hammers from Wally. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
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