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Yamaha’s flagship HHS9D hi-hat stand is poised to take your drumming into the blue with its double-braced independent swivel legs, advanced footboard featuring Yamaha’s Direct Link System, ultramodern colored accents, and a plethora of touches that add up to significant improvements. First, its individually free-moving legs enable you to place the HHS9D in seemingly any position and provide incredible stability once set. The HHS9D’s footboard can be freely adjusted by simply loosening a single bolt, and its Yamaha Direct Link System provides a supremely smooth feel. Adjusting and maintaining spring tension is also a cinch, thanks to the metal alloy tension adjustment dial and its clearly marked indicators. Gigging drummers will love the Yamaha HHS9D’s throw-and-go baseplate that folds up easily and remains in place. Finally, the HHS9D comes with its own complementary Yamaha LC9 twist-and-set hi-hat clutch as well as long and regular-length hi-hat rods.





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The Yamaha HHS9D’s dual independent swivel legs let you set the stand in any practical position. Set your HHS9D legs to one of their position markers, and you’ll have the best of both worlds: placement flexibility and stability that surpasses that of many 3-legged hi-hat stands! Additionally, pair the HHS9D with the Yamaha CWHSAT9 cymbal stand attachment (sold separately), and you’ll be able to attach your hi-hat stand directly to your bass drum, thus freeing you up for closed hi-hat and double bass drum playing.





Unmatched comfort and stability





Sweetwater drummers have found themselves most impressed by the HHS9D’s footboard. It features ball bearings in both the upper and lower parts of Yamaha’s Direct Link System (as well as in the hinge section) that provide a silky smooth feel to all your hi-hat pedal work. The HHS9D footboard’s heel also deserves mention ? its gently sloping low-profile heel has a more comfortable feel underneath the foot, and the integrated spikes help keep the footboard locked in place. Finally, you only need to loosen a single bolt in order to adjust the HHS9D’s footboard angle, so setting your ideal playing action has never been easier.





It's the little things ...





True to the company's ethos, Yamaha added some special touches to further augment the HHS9D. First, a new memory clamp enables standard vertical position locking, as well as 360° of consistent horizontal positioning. Second, a cast metal cymbal seat features harder felts, cymbal cup protectors, and angle adjustment nuts with an anti-loosening mechanism. These touches not only help you play with more confidence, but also improve your hi-hats’ foot open/close sounds. Don’t believe us? Take the Yamaha HHS9D hi-hat stand out for a spin, and discover for yourself!





Yamaha HHS9D Hi-hat Stand Features:


Yamaha’s flagship hi-hat stand that delivers enhanced hi-hat sound, unmatched stability, and deep customization


Footboard matches Yamaha’s esteemed FP9 bass drum pedals, features Yamaha’s Direct Link System with ball bearings for an incredibly smooth feel, can be angle-adjusted by loosening a single bolt, and has spikes in the low-profile heel section for greater stability


Throw-and-go baseplate can be raised and then fixed


Double-braced, independent swivel legs allow the stand to be placed in seemingly any position


New memory clamp can be fixed in 360° degrees of horizontal rotation


Cast metal cymbal seat with harder felts, angle adjustment nuts with anti-loosening mechanism, and cymbal cup protectors


Metal alloy spring tension adjustment dial features easy rotational direction identifier and tension strength indicator


Includes Yamaha LC9 twist-to-set hi-hat clutch, which enables hi-hat clutch nut attachment by simply twisting; clutch also features double lock nuts to prevent accidental loosening and a protective plate for the hi-hat rod


Comes with long and regular-length hi-hat rods


Optional Yamaha CWHSAT9 cymbal stand attachment (sold separately) enables fixing the HHS9D to your bass for closed hi-hat/double bass drum playing