Assembly instructions

Now that we've tuned our bass drum, it's time to mount the bass drum pedal and the
tom racks on the bass drum shell. Let's start with the bass drum legs. Fold the bass
drum spurs out such that they point forwards at an angle of about 45°. This guaran‐
tees a safe and stable position and protects the bass drum from being pushed for‐
ward when we operate the pedal. If you lay carpet under the drum set (which is
highly recommended), you can screw in the rubber feet until you can see the spikes.
These spikes stick into the carpet and prevent our drum set from "wandering o".
Lets consider the length of the spurs.
We adjust the length of the spurs such that there is a gap of the width of one nger
between the oor and the lower edge of the hoops; when doing this, the drum shell
should not lean forwards or towards the player. To retain the settings of the spurs,
the bass drum spurs for height adjustment are tted with memory clips (that remain
in position at dismantling too.) You must use the drum key to x the screws.
Now you can push the bass drum pedal onto the clamping ring and x it with the
claw. Use some gaa tape to protect the hoop from scratching.
Now, there's only the tom racks. There are dierent designs. The tom holder – that's
the clamp for the tom arms on the bass drum – is intended for one or two tom arms.
This means that if only one tube ts in, there is an adapter for both tom arms. Our
tom rosette only takes one tube, so we rst have to attach the adapter and then the
two tom arms to it.
Here too, there are memory clips that have a cutout. Here, the clip not only "remem‐
bers" how far you put the tube in but also at what angle.
Completing the bass drum
Setting up the drum set
DrumCraft Series
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drum set