User Manual

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Tuning key
29”, 32” 23”, 26”
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.
2
Fully depress the heel end of the pedal. While
holding the pedal in this position, use the sup-
plied tuning key to tighten the tuning bolts one by
one ¼ of a turn (90°) in the order shown in the
illustration below.
It is very important that all tuning bolts be
turned the same amount.
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 “Correct”.
Counter
hoop
Correct
Kettle
edge
Collar
Wrong
Counter
hoop
Kettle
edge
Collar
If collar width is not uniform, fully depress the
heel end of the pedal. While holding the pedal
in this position, realign the head and hoop as
shown in the “Correct” illustration.
3
Take your foot off the pedal.
•Heelstillmovesup
→
Repeat steps
2
through
3
.
•Heelstaysdown
→
Go to step
4
.
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.