User Manual
4
Before Using The Pedal Timpani
Fig. B
Fig. A
Adjuster
Wire tube
Fig. C
Fig. D
Wrong
Collar Collar
Counter
hoop
Counter
hoop
Kettle
edge
Kettle
edge
Caution
Correct
Your Yamaha pedal timpani is equipped with a plastic head carefully mounted and tuned
(adjusted to a note) at the factory, and thus can be used after setup immediately. However,
new heads will tend to stretch gradually during shipping and storage, resulting in a tuning
deviation when you receive the instrument. Therefore, please perform the steps below to
restore the tuning to the factory setting prior to shipment:
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”.
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 head and
hoop as shown in the illustration titled “Correct”.
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,
insert it into the adjuster as shown in Fig. B.
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.
4 Fully depress the heel of the pedal as shown in
Fig. C. Hold the pedal in this position, as it will
return otherwise.
Never put your hands etc. under the
pedal.
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