[CAUT] 5 Pianos

[Barbara Richmond]

Kent,

Remind me why close miking seems to be the thing?   I never sit <in> a piano 
to listen to it and when I was trying to get recording of a piano I rebuilt, 
much preferred the sound with the mic outside the piano (by many feet)... 
Someone said, "But you'll have room noise."   Well, I do generally listen to 
pianos in a room, too.  :-)

Thanks,

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford at gmail.com>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] 5 Pianos


> All the lids were at full stick. The microphones were about 2" above  the 
> long bridge. I'll send a description of the recorder later.
>
> Kent
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> On Dec 18, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Michael Wathen wrote:
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>>  All the pianos sound good. I like #2 the best.  #1 sounds completly 
>> understated for its size. I am guessing the #1 is an Asian piano.
>> Is the lid on full stick?  Is the microphone suspended from the  lid? 
>> What kind of mike?  What kind of recording device?