Yamaha Violin V5SKU Owner's Manual

Yamaha Musical Instruments Owner's Manual - Violin V5SKU.
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• Be careful when transporting your instrument. Make sure your violin is handled

with care and is not subjected to any rough treatment, like bumping against
other objects or dropping the instrument.

• Exposing your violin and/or bow to certain environments, particularly sudden

changes of temperature, may cause severe damage. Please take the necessary
precautions to protect your instrument against the following:

• Direct sunlight.
• Excessively high or low temperatures.
• Excessively high or low humidity.
• Excessive dust or strong vibration.

• Avoid leaving your violin in a car for any extended period of time. Extreme

temperatures, such as during the summer and winter months, can be harmful to both
your violin and bow.

• Make sure you regularly clean your instrument with a soft, dry cloth. Never use

benzene, alcohol, or thinner. Never use aerosol cans, or any other sprays, within
the vicinity of your violin. These will damage the lacquer and general condition
of the instrument.

• Prior to shipping your violin has been adjusted and is now ready for use.

However, should you feel that additional adjustments are needed please contact
your local Yamaha dealer, as some alterations require specialist skills.

• Ensure that you loosen the bow hair before you put it away in your case after

playing.

• Plated parts such as the adjusters, metal brackets on the neck support, etc., may

tarnish over time due to the makeup of the metal plating. This, however, will
have no influence on the performance of these parts. When tarnish first appears,
cleaning carried out in normal maintenance and care may be enough to remove
the tarnish. (If the tarnish progresses normal cleaning may not be sufficient.)

• As the instrument and many of its parts are made of natural wood, there may be

some cases, depending upon the manner or environment in which the instru-
ment is used, in which objects that come in contact with the wood (hands, parts
of the body, cleaning cloth, etc.) may become blackened. Color on body parts is
not harmful to your health but you should wash and remove it with water. We
can not be held responsible for discoloration of clothing, etc., or the discolora-
tion of the wood.

Tuning the Instrument

Warning!

• When tuning or changing the strings, never hold the instrument close to your face.

If the string breaks unexpectedly, it may result in injury to the eyes or face.

• Always change the strings one at a time, never all at once.

The removal of all four strings from the violin will result in the bridge collapsing, and the tailpiece falling off. Other problems may occur.

• When tuning the strings, do not over loosen or over tighten the fine tuner.

Doing so may result in damage to the violin, or cause noise disturbances during performance.

String

Tailpiece

Make two winds towards the end of the peg and the
remaining winds towards the peg handle.

Wind the string as shown below.

3rd & 4th strings

1st & 2nd strings

Ball End

Notch

Fine Tuner

Ball End

Tailpiece

String

String Hole

Safety Tips

Please consider the following points of safety.

• To prevent contact, always maintain sufficient distance between yourself and

other people/objects when playing your violin. The shape of the bow is capable
of causing harm if care is not taken at all times.

• If possible, hold your bow still when not in use. Do not swing, throw or engage

in any other movements that could potentially cause damage to other people/
objects, or to the bow itself.

• Take care not to pinch your hands or fingers when closing the case.

Looking from the under-
side of the tailpiece.

Ball End

Fine Tuner

String

Rotate the button to adjust the bow hair tension.

Storing the Shoulder Rest (in the case)

The case is equipped with a shoulder rest holder. Place the shoulder rest in the
holder as shown in the illustration below, and secure in place with the hook and
loop fastener on the edge of the fabric cover.

Shoulder rest

About the Bow

• Using the supplied rosin, apply rosin to the bow hair before use. Make sure that

the rosin is applied evenly over the entire length of the bow.

• Always loosen the hair on the bow when the bow is not used.

* Depending upon the region in which the violin is purchased, the bow, shoul-

der rest and rosin may not be included.

Violin  V5SA/V5SC/V5SKU

Owner’s Manual

Thank you for purchasing this Yamaha Violin.

Before You Start……

In order to maximize performance, and to ensure safety at all times, we recommend you read through this manual
thoroughly before playing your instrument.

Taking Care of Your Instrument

Please follow the guidelines set out below to prolong the

lifetime of your violin.

V5SA/V5SC

Shoulder rest

V5SKU

Make sure the side of
the bridge with the logo
is facing the tailpiece.

A2

E1

D3

G4

Make sure the strings are seated
in their corresponding notches on
the bridge.

Make sure the bridge is positioned
between the notches in the “f” holes
as shown below.

f” holes

Make sure the side of the
bridge with the logo is
facing the tailpiece.

V5SA/V5SKU

V5SC

4th string (G4)

3rd string (D3)

Rotate the peg
as shown

2nd string (A2)

1st string (E1)

Rotate the peg
as shown

The side of the bridge facing the
tailpiece should be at a right angle
to the body of the instrument.

Bad

Right Angle

Correct

Bad

WD40270

R2  Printed in China

[Size 4/4, 3/4, 1/2]

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

[Size 1/4, 1/8]

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

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

■ Winding the Strings

Insert the string into the hole on its corresponding tuning peg and wind the
string onto the peg as shown below. Apply some pressure (push in) to the peg as
you turn it.

■ Attaching the Strings to the Tailpiece

■ Checking the Bridge’s Position

While tuning or changing the strings, check the position and angle of the bridge.

String

Ball End

Fine Tuner

Tailpiece

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

String

Fine Tuner

Ball End

V5SA

V5SKseries̲3c

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