String breakage

[Jeff Tanner]

I broke a string tuning a P22 which rode up the coil, but Yamaha wouldn't
admit that was the case.  They went back to the scale thing again.  Seems
like I've broken that same string on 2 or 3 P22s.

Jeff

>Yes, those early P202's did have troubles in the bass. Remember, it
>was just after they took over the Everett factory. After breaking
>two bass strings while tuning three very lightly used P202's at a
>school, I looked, and saw that the string approached the coil at a
>bad angle, so that it was trying to ride up where the coil first
>started, especially for the lowest row of pins.
>
>This was before they sent out rescaled strings, but they certainly
>got my attention by sending me a complete set of bass strings, gratis. Superb
>service -- if only the design had been as good as the service reps!
>
>It all seemed so needless -- if they could just have drilled the
>tuning pin holes so the pins leaned back at an angle, I doubt that
>they would have broken any wire to speak of.
>
>Susan