Premier HTS 800 - REPLACING DRUMHEADS; Drumhead Replacement Process; Tensioning Heads

When replacing your drumheads, always take care and aenon to ensure it is fied
correctly.
ALWAYS:
• SEAT THE DRUMHEAD AND BATTER/SNARE HOOP CORRECTLY FOR
OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE.
• KEEP THE TENSION BOLTS LUBRICATED.
• APPLY CAREFUL AND EVEN TENSION TO ALL TENSION BOLTS. UNEVEN
TENSION MAY CAUSE BREAKAGE.
THE TENSIONING OF DRUMHEADS MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS TO REACH MAXIMUM
PERFORMANCE; DO NOT RUSH THE PROCESS OF FITTING AND APPLYING TENSION TO
HEADS.
CHANGING A DRUMHEAD
1 Wipe the bearing edge with a clean dry cloth.
2 Replace the head and BATTER/SNARE HOOP and apply gentle, even tension using
the opposites method (illustraon 1.1).
3 Tap the head lightly, approximately 1’’ (25mm) from each tension bolt to ensure
a similar pitch at each point and make sure wrinkles gradually disappear. The head
should resonate and ‘speak’ clearly.
4 Place the palm of your hand in the middle of the head and place your other hand
on top (illustraon 1.2) and press down gently with the weight of your body. You may
here a ‘crack’ or ‘pop’. This helps to seat the head within the hoop and on the bearing
edge.
BOTTOM HEAD
5 Apply further even tension unl the boom head sounds ‘right’. You will achieve
the best snare response with a relavely ght head; some experience and trial and
error will help you determine what works for you.
TOP HEAD
6 Slowly take the drumhead upto the required pitch by turning the tenion bolts a
maximum of 1/8 of a turn as the tension increases. This will take me but produces
more effecve results.
7 To check that tension is being applied evenly, we recommend to use a tuning
block, or by using the bu end of a drumsck, to gauge the gap between the BATTER
HOOP and SUSPENSION RING (illustraon 1.3). You may also look at the SUSPENSION
RING inserts to gauge how far through the tension bolt are traveling; this will help you
understand how much tension is being applied at each point. The use of a torque
device is not recommended.
8 It will take a few days to apply the desired tension to the top head and it is crucial
to not rush this process.
1.1 The opposites method for even tuning of
the drumhead
1.2 Applying pressure to the middle of the
drumhead
1.3 Checking even tension with the bu end
of a drumsck
Replacing Drumheads