<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] P22 buzzing</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hey, Zeno, Now you really need to talk to Yamaha!  No way a new piano should have that problem. Regards, Ken Z. -- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music On 3/1/07 11:55 AM, "Zeno Wood" <zeno.wood@gmail.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Hey everyone, Thanks for all your advice, it's been very helpful.  I muted off the string for a couple of days while the professor had non-stop meetings, and now I got another chance to take a look at it.  Taking RicB's advice, I thought about why this is happening, and compared it to another P22.  The upper half of the bass strings have less clearance over the plate at the point it crosses the treble string hitchpins.  It seems there are 2 cracks in the soundboard, one of them just above the bass bridge.  There's no downbearing at the upper part of the bass bridge, and I'm going to take a look at the soundboard crown. Thanks, Zeno</BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>