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Your Yamaha timpani is equipped with a plastic head carefully mounted and adjusted at the factory.
However, new heads tend to stretch during shipping and storage, so it may be necessary to re-tune the
instrument before using. Please perform the following steps to check and, if necessary, readjust your
instrument.
3
If the heel of the pedal is fully lowered as in
Fig.
C
, proceed with step
5
.
If the pedal position is as shown in
Fig. D
or the
toe of the pedal is fully lowered, perform step
4
first.
Initial Preparation
1
The area between the kettle edge and the inner
circle of the counter hoop is called the collar.
Please make sure that the width of this collar is
uniform, as shown in the illustration titled “Cor-
rect”.
Counter
hoop
Correct
Kettle
edge
Collar
Wrong
Counter
hoop
Kettle
edge
Collar
If the collar is not uniform (illustration titled
“Wrong”), keep the heel of the pedal fully de-
pressed as shown in
Fig. C
, and align the head
and hoop as shown in the illustration titled “Cor-
rect”.
2
Make sure that the end of the wire tube is not
disengaged from the adjuster of the tuning indi-
cator as shown in
Fig. A
. If it is disengaged, in-
sert it into the adjuster as shown in
Fig. B
.
Adjuster
Fig. B
Fig. A
Wire tube
Fig. C
Fig. D
4
Fully depress the heel of the pedal as shown in
Fig. C
. Hold the pedal in this position, as it will
return otherwise.
Caution
Never place your fingers or foot into the mov-
ing parts or the space under the pedal or base.
Serious injury can result if fingers or feet be-
come pinched.
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