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Gentles -<br><br>
All due respect, take another look at the photo. In fact, this one
is not the one they made to check shank to molding dimension.
Rather this was designed to check the molding / string angle with
the hammer pulled up to contact string. The folded-over part of the
shorter length would sit on top of the string (Baldwin name would be
upside down), and the longer length would be brought adjacent to the side
of the subject hammer (which would have previously had a line drawn
bisecting the molding). The gauge would indicate whether the hammer
is striking at 90 degrees or not. <br><br>
Del - you must be too busy unpacking. What an unenviable
task!<br><br>
Best to all. Remember to use your ear plugs if you end up at the
fireworks!<br><br>
David Skolnik<br><br>
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At 09:21 PM 7/3/2005 -0700, you wrote:<br>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">It is a convention give-away
tool used to determine whether or not a hammerhead is square to the
hammershank. Simply lay the short, bent over part on top of the
hammershank, move it so that the long, narrow part runs along the
hammerhead molding and see that the hammerhead is square to the shank.
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">When replacing hammers it is
used to draw a line along the centerline of the original hammerhead
molding on the sample hammerheads (those left in place to align the new
hammerheads to). This can be quite helpful if the original hammerheads
have been badly mis-shaped over the years.<br>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">Del<br>
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<dd><font face="tahoma" size=2>From:</b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of </b>Jack
Houweling<br>
<dd>Sent:</b> July 03, 2005 9:04 PM<br>
<dd>To:</b> pianotech<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Baldwin Gauge?<br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2>Hello,<br>
<dd>I found this in one of my tool boxes and would like to know what it
is? It is aluminum, has Baldwin written on it and is about three inches
long. Looks like some sort of gauge but I'm not sure.<br>
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<dd><font face="arial" size=2>Thanks,<br>
<dd>Jack Houweling<br>
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