Patent ID: 8080721

Claim:
A hammer for an electronic keyboard instrument, which pivotally moves in accordance with depression of a key to thereby impart touch weight to the key, comprising: a hammer body that is formed by a resin molded article and having a weight mounting portion extending in a front-rear direction; and a weight that is formed of a material larger in specific gravity than said hammer body and has a mounting portion to be mounted to said weight mounting portion, said weight being removably mounted to said hammer body via said mounting portion, wherein said weight mounting portion of said hammer body comprises: a housing portion that has an opening open on one side in a left-right direction and having a shape complementary to said mounting portion of said weight, and houses said mounting portion in a manner slidable between a fit-in position in which said mounting portion is fitted via the opening and a fixed position shifted from the fit-in position in a direction different from the left-right direction, a latching portion that is formed on a rim of the opening and latches said mounting portion in a state undetachable from the opening when said mounting portion is positioned in the fixed position, and a holding portion that holds said mounting portion in a state incapable of sliding to the fit-in position when said mounting portion is positioned in the fixed position.