H3124 Banjo Kit -9-
To install the banjo head:
1. Press the banjo head onto the tone ring.
2. Place the tension ring over the banjo head.
See Figure 6.
Figure 6. Installing the tension hoop.
Figure 7. Finger tightening the bracket hook nuts.
Figure 8. Tightening the bracket hook nuts.
Banjo Head
3. Drop the bracket hooks over the tension ring
and through the bracket hook lugs.
4. Thread the bracket hook nuts and 4mm lock
washers onto the bracket hooks and finger
tighten as shown in Figure 7. Note—The
bracket hook nuts install with the flat side
toward the bracket hook lugs.
5. Ensure that the head is seated squarely on
the rim, and the bracket hooks are perpen-
dicular to the tension hoop.
6. Use the included wrench to tighten the brack-
et hook nuts. Proceed clockwise, tightening
each nut
1
⁄2 turn as shown in Figure 8.
7. If the surface of the tension hoop is higher
than the fingerboard surface, tighten the
bracket hooks until the surfaces are equal.