Yamaha TP-6300 Owner's Manual - Page 6

Initial Preparation 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. 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". [Correct] [Wrong] 2 Fully depress the heel end of the pedal. While holding the pedal in this position, use the supplied tuning wrench 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. KettleEdge Counter Hoop Kettle Edge Counter Hoop Collar 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. Caution Never place your fingers or feet into the spaces underneath the pedal, the base portion of the instrument, or between moving parts such as the casters. Serious injury can result if fingers or feet become pinched. Tuning Key 26", 27", 29", 32" 20", 23", 24" 3 Take your foot off the pedal. • Heel still moves up g Repeat steps 2 through 3. • Heel stays down g Go to step 4. 18