[CAUT] P22 buzzing

[RicB]

Hi Zeno

Oddball problem to be sure. That said it should be no problem to file 
down the hitch pin enough to get it out of the range of the bass 
string.  I'd be more interested in looking more closely at why this is 
happening in the first place.  Could be harmless enough... but one never 
knows until one knows as it were.

Assuming its just a harmless oddball exception:

Remove a couple bass strings, file down the top of the offending hitch 
pin a couple mm's and chalk it off as good PR.  Shouldnt cost you more 
then a few minutes of your time.  The teacher will appreciate you 
bypassing the redtape and thats probably worth more then the time it 
would take to do the fix.

Cheers
RicB



    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