Yamaha YVN50 Owner's Manual - Page 2

Taking Care of Your Instrument Please follow the guidelines set out below to prolong the lifetime of your violin or viola. • Be careful when transporting the instrument. Make sure the instrument is handled with care and is not subjected to any rough treatment, like bumping against other objects or dropping the instrument. • Exposing the instrument 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 the instrument in a car for any extended period of time. Extreme temperatures, such as during the summer and winter months, can be harmful to both the instrument 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 the instrument. These will damage the lacquer and general condition of the instrument. • Prior to shipping the instrument has been adjusted and is 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, where objects that come in contact with the wood (hands, parts of the body, cleaning cloth, etc.) may become discolored. 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 discoloration of the wood. This Yamaha violin is finished with a high-quality oil varnish that is well suited for the instrument's acoustic characteristics. As the oil finish is soft, high temperatures and high humidity can soften the finish further sometimes causing the cloth inside of the case to stick to the violin (it will not harm the violin's performance or durability). Please avoid storing the violin in places susceptible to high temperatures and/or high humidity. Also, to keep the instrument clean, use a soft cloth to remove smudges and dirt after use. Safety Tips Please consider the following points of safety. • To prevent contact, always maintain sufficient distance between yourself and other people/objects when playing the instrument. The shape of the bow is capable of causing harm if care is not taken at all times. 2 • 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.