Piano Mic Configuration

[pianolac@bestweb.net]

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The party who posted that comment on the Neumann pinboard was none other
than yours truly.

Since then, I have acquired a pair of Neumann KM140's, which are even
better than the old KM84's.  As soon as she heard the recording of her
A-III through those mics, my wife immediately commented that that was the
best reproduction of her piano's sound she had ever heard.

That being said, you would be doing yourself a diservice if you failed to
try the AEA R92, a new ribbon mic designed for close micing.  I have owned
a similar mic (RCA 77DX), that has inferior high end to the R92, but even
that ribbon did soemthing that no condensor does.  Go to
www.ribbonmics.com, call AEA, ask for Matt, mention Arthur.

Arthur Grudko


Hello, I found a post in the neumann forum about micing a piano.
>http://www.neumann.com/pinboard/parse.cgi?message_id=10
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>I am looking at what mics to buy for our steinway in the studio and am 
>having mixed feelings based on what I've read.  We pretty much don't 
>have a budget to abide by, but at the same time I don't want to buy 
>mics that we don't end up using for this application.
>
>So far I want a three mic configuration.  One stereo pair and one mic 
>to pick the room up.
>
>Possible Stereo pair mics:
>TLM127
>TLM170R
>KM183 (omni)
>
>Possible Room Mics:
>U87
>M149
>Solution-D (probably not, but it would be cool)
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>Any insight would be helpful, thanks.
>
>
>Ryan Wyler -- BridgeTone
>ryan@bridgetone.com
>http://www.bridgetone.com
>(480) 205-0543 / (866) 255-7654
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