Hello List and Patrick D who said: ""I'm no expert" but ... what is the miking like? Right inside the piano? Perhaps a more natural distance would help a great deal (or even just a slightly different location in the room, if it's already at some distance from the instrument). Patrick I find the optimum Mic. placing is a stereo pair, on stereo bar (about 7" - 8" apart) the Mic. stand about 8' - 10' away (lid open) the height of the Mics. about half-way up the opening, and placed in the curve of the "bent-side". I use a matched pair of Electrovoice RE20s, (dynamics) in their splendid shock mounts, straight into my Sony TCD-D10 DAT machine. Sometimes I use a pair of Boundary Mics. Depends on the location. Boundaries are best in a very live acoustic, but those EVs are just wonderful... :-) Regards from a wet Sussex, waiting return of wife and family getting the Fish and Chips! :-) Michael G
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