hammer-tailn.
a. ‘In a striking clock, a continuation of the hammer stalk that is lifted by the pins in the pin wheel’ (Britten Watch & Clockm. 1884).
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1805 Trans. Soc. Arts 23 355 Fixed with the hammer-tail to the hammer-bar by means of a pin.
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 118 For lifting the hammer tails of small clocks, pins in the wheel..do very well.
b. In a pianoforte: see quot. 1896.
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1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte Gloss. Hammer-tail, a prolongation of the hammer-head shaped so as to be caught in its descent by the check.
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