P22 string breakage

[paul bruesch]

Aha!  That short distance to the pin from the v-bar makes for tricky
splicing, too. Had to tighten the knot with the string on the wrong side of
the pin in the v-bar, then back off tension and move the string to the
correct side of the pin.

On 2/28/07, John Voigt <jvoigt at gwtc.net> wrote:
>
>  If you look at those two notes, you might find that the tuning pins are
> positioned close to the v-bar because of a plate screw positioned there.
> This, combined with a steep angle from the v-bar to the coil causes the
> string to want to climb up the coil when tightened.  You can try to remove
> the coil and back the pin out a few rounds, but risk reduced pin tightness
> and increased flagpoling.
>
> John Voigt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* pianolady50 at peoplepc.com [mailto:pianolady50 at peoplepc.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:18 PM
> *To:* Pianotech List
> *Subject:* P22 string breakage
>
> Paul said:
> On the string breakage note, yesterday I had A1 and A#1 break in a school
> band room piano...Yamaha P22, 1993 vintage.
>
> Interesting...I have begun servicing the pianos at my local high school.
> Included are two P22s.  Both had broken (and long since removed) A1
> strings.  They had been gone for about 5 years :(
>
> Debbie
>
>
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