User Manual
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PRECAUTIONS
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING
Please keep this manual in a safe and convenient place for future reference.
WARNING
Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from
damages or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:
Transporting/Setup
• Neverplacethetimpanionunstablesurfacessuchasan
unstableriserorslopedsurface.Thetimpanimaytipover
orfallresultingindamageorinjury.
• Whenrollingthetimpanionitscasters,gripitbyitsframe
andmoveitonlyonsmooth,flatsurfaces.
1. Donotmoveonsloping,rough,orgravelsurfaces.
2. Donotrunwiththetimpani.Itmaybedifficulttostop
theinstrumentwhichcancauseinjuryordamage.
• Ifthetimpanimustbecarried,dosowithtwoormore
people,makesuretogripthetimpanibyitsframe.
• Exceptforwhenmovingtheinstrument,alwaysengage
thebrakesonbothmaincastersandtheauxiliarybrake
onthepedalcaster.Notengagingthebrakescanresultin
theinstrumentfallingoverormovingresultingininjury.
• Stopusingtheinstrumentimmediatelyifyounotice
anyabnormalityinthepedalcasterauxiliarybrake.The
instrumentcanmoveorfallovercausinginjury.
• Thepedalcasterandmaincastersareconsumableparts.
Ifyounoticeanyabnormalitiesstopusingtheinstrument
andreplacethecasterswithnewones.Theinstrument
canmoveorfallovercausinginjury.
Handling caution
• Neverleanonorclimbontheinstrument.Itmayoverturn
resultingindamageorinjury.
• Becarefularoundtheinstrument.Bumpingintoitmay
resultininjuryorcauseittooverturn.Keepsmallchildren
awayfromtheinstrument.
•Neverplaceyourfingersorfeetintothespaces
underneaththepedal,thebaseportionoftheinstrument,
orbetweenmovingpartssuchasthecasters.Serious
injurycanresultiffingersorfeetbecomepinched.
Brake
ON
Auxiliary Brake
Main caster Pedal caster
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