[CAUT] P22 buzzing

[Daniel Gurnee]

Zeno,

The factory may like to know, but there is a two minute fix with a tiny 
patch of anything placed between the string and the hitchpin against 
which it is vibrating.  The factory will decide what to do when the 
piano is replaced.

Daniel Gurnee, RPT, HSU Ret.


On Friday, February 23, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Zeno Wood wrote:

> 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