Yamaha Violin/Viola owner manual Changing Strings, Before Attaching the Strings

Changing Strings

■Before Attaching the Strings

Before you string the instrument, set the fine tuner so that it is in the middle of its adjustment range.

The fine tuner should be set to the middle of its adjustment range.

●For instruments equipped with fine tuners

[Violin 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, Viola]

At the tailpiece, hook the string’s ball end onto the fi ne tuner’s notch.

Fine Tuner’s notch

Ball End

Fine Tuner

String

[Violin 1/4, 1/8]

At the tailpiece, hook the string’s ball end into the slot on the string hole.

From	From above	Looking from the
below String	Ball End	under-side of the
		tailpiece.

Tailpiece Ball End

With the strings loosely extending up towards the neck, attach the fi ne tuners to the strings, as shown below.

Tailpiece

Fine Tuner

String

●For instruments equipped with a fine tuner on the 1st string only

[4th, 3rd and 2nd strings]

At the tailpiece, hook the string’s ball end into the slot on the string hole.

From	From above	Looking from the
below String	Ball End	under-side of the
		tailpiece.

[1st string]

At the tailpiece, hook the string’s ball end onto the fine tuner’s notch.

Ball End

String

Fine Tuner’s notch

Ball End

Tailpiece Ball End

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