User Manual

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3
Lightlystriketheheadwiththemalletabout2
inches(5 cm)fromthebearingedgeateach
tensionrod. Checkwhich tensionrodhas the
highestsound.
• Pitchofthehighestsoundishigherthan
thetuningnote(*)
g
Loosenthecorrespondingtensionrodby
about1/16to1/8ofaturn.First loosen
theboltbytwicethedesiredamount,and
thenreturn(re-tighten)itbyhalf.After
looseningthetensionrod,repeatfromthe
beginningofstep
3
.
• Pitch of the highest sound is lowerthan
the tuning note
g
Go to step
4
.
4
Tighten the other bolts littlebylittle (byabout
1/16to1/8ofaturn)untilthesoundsatthe
correspondingstrikingpointsmatchthepitchof
thehighestsound.Pleasenotethattightening
onebolt alsoraisesthepitchofthe neighbor-
ingandoppositetensionrods.Thus,aftertight-
eningthetensionrodwiththelowestsound,
againcheckthepitchattheothertensionrods
beforetighteningthetensionrodwiththenext
lowestpitch.Whilealternatelytighteningthe
otherbolts,do nottouchthetensionrodwith
thehighestpitch(referencepitch).
5
Loosenallover-tightenedboltsaccordingto
the procedure described in step
3
(*).When
the pitch is approximately the same at each
bolt,repeatedlydepressthetoeandheelofthe
pedal several times.
6
Repeatsteps
3
through
5
until the pitch at
each bolt is exactly the same.
Adjusting the Pitch
7
Checkthesoundbystrikingtheheadasde-
scribed in step
2
.
• Soundislowerthanthetuningnote
g
Tunetheinstrumentbytighteningallten-
sionrodsbyanequalamount(max.1/16
of a turn).
• Soundishigherthanthetuningnote
g
Tunetheinstrumentbylooseningallten-
sionrodsbyanequalamount(max.1/16
ofaturn)accordingtotheprocedurede-
scribed in step
3
(*).
8
Operate the pedal as described in step
5
. If the
pitchdoesnotchange,theinstrumentistuned
properly.
 (Ifthepitchchanges,repeatfromstep
7
.)
Theinstrumentisnowtunedtothelowestnote
ofitstonalrange.Depressthetoeofthepedal
tochangetoahighernote.
9
Aftertuning,perform“Tuning Indicator Ad-
justment” and then “Pedal Adjustment”.
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