<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Zeno,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I think you could call Yamaha service dept. with serial # and explain the problem. Yamaha might pay you to fix it or send their tech to do the repair. I think this should be looked at as a warranty problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As for the fix, you probably will have to loosen the tension on a few bass strings, push them apart with some kind of wedge (wood,felt or plastic to protect the strings) and use the dremel to grind the offending treble hitch pins. You should be able to take care of it under 2 hrs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=859024020-24022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=fr dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part de</B> Zeno Wood<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 23 février 2007 14:31<BR><B>À :</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Objet :</B> [CAUT] P22 buzzing<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Hello list!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for any ideas,</DIV> <DIV>Zeno Wood</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>