<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] P22 buzzing</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hey, Zeno, You already stated the most important fact here – it’s not your piano.  Yes, it should be fixed, but if you do anything without coordinating with the dealer and Yamaha first, it will only cause headaches for you down the road.  First step: tell the dealer about the problem.  He should take it from there.  You may end up doing the work, but only after Yamaha and the dealer have decided on the appropriate repair and decided how you will be paid.  Your college won’t want to pay you for fixing somebody else’s piano. Regards, Ken Z. On 2/23/07 1:31 PM, "Zeno Wood" <zeno.wood@gmail.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>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 </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music </BODY> </HTML>