[CAUT] P22 buzzing

[Willem Blees]

Quoting Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>:

> Hello list!
> 
> I've been lurking for a little while, ever since I started working at
> a
> college.  I'm wondering if anyone could help with a problem I found.
> 
> A professor emailed me that she had a broken string on her Yamaha P22
> (yes,
> it's part of a loan program), G#2.  I checked it out - the string
> isn't
> broken.  When played, the speaking length of the right string buzzes
> against
> the hitchpin directly below it (that is, a hitchpin for one of the
> treble
> notes).  It sounds pretty cool, but not too piano-like.  Turns out
> that
> there are 5 other strings that do the same thing, but they have to be
> played
> a lot louder.  I thought back to when I tuned this thing back in
> October or
> so, and didn't remember finding this problem.  But now it's February
> and the
> RH is nil.  But none of our other P22s do this.
> 
> What do you think?  How can this be fixed?  Should it be fixed?  It's
> not
> our piano, so it'll go back to Yamaha to be sold after the spring
> semester.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas,
> Zeno Wood
> 

Zeno

There are ways to repair this, but since it's a loaner, let the dealer 
worry about it. Call the dealer and tell him about the problem, and 
let the dealer's technician take care of it. Yamaha will pay for the 
repair, or they might even want to have the piano brought back to the 
factory. 

Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA
205-348-1469