<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>If the strings are breaking at the pressure bar, it could be the player using too much sustain pedal along with possibly heavy handed playing.  Being a school, the player will cycle through and the problem may go away on it’s own.   This happened at a local college that I’ve been tuning for fer over 20 years.  They have a mix of P202’s, the old P2’s and a P22 or two.  Perhaps a particular player habitually uses the same piano.  Some strings break just as you start to tune that note.  I’d blame that on a previous pounding in this case.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Check the bearing bar (upper bridge) cast in the plate for excessively small curvature.  A shape edge or extremely small diameter bearing will cause the same strings to keep breaking.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A full time piano teacher has a P22 as her studio piano that gets played a lot.  She bought the piano new which is how I ended up being her technician.  I was working for the Yamaha dealer at the time (circa 1988).  20 some odd years later and no broken strings. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I had this on a new piano (not Yamaha) and along with replacing the entire set with the same scale, I adjusted the pedal for minimal lift.  I watched the very talented young lady play and paid particular attention to her pedaling technique.  My fix was based on how much and how often she lifted her foot.  I never heard from them again  .......  which could be either good or bad.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I haven’t had the problem Susan’s mentioned with the P202’s.  I have a number of them on my database.  I’ll watch for that however.</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>