Please read this before moving, playing, or storing the timpani!

Procedure for moving each drum:

- Put the head at high tension (press toe of pedal all the way down).

- Make sure both wheels are unlocked.

- Hold the instrument by the heavy brown vertical struts, not the rim.

- Use the third wheel, or keep the pedal slightly off the floor, while moving the instrument

- Be very careful going through doorways and lift the instrument over any bumps or cracks in the floor.

While playing the timpani:

- Lean the covers against the wall, red side against red side and black side against black side

- "Hard sticks" means harder felt timpani mallet

- "Wood sticks" means a timpani mallet with a wooden ball-shaped head.

- Do not use the back end of the mallet: if instructed to do so, use a special double-ended mallet with a wood ball head.

- Never pund the drums: at loud dynamics, play with a relaxed stroke and allow the mallet to rebound off the head.

 

While the timpani are not in use:

- Leave the head at low tension (heel of pedal down).

- Gently place the cover on each drum

- Do not set, or allow other to set, anything on the instruments