Barcus-Berry makes a mic that attaches to the soundboard. It is not a magnetic pickup. It picks up the acoustic planer sound wave coming off the soundboard and nothing else, not even a drum set right next to the piano. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Leslie Bartlett Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:24 AM To: tcole at cruzio.com; 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Another Tough Tuning Environment There's a magnetic pickup which attaches to the plate and doesn't pick up all the surrounding noise. les bartlett _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Cole Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:53 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Another Tough Tuning Environment Jurgen, I had the same thought back when I was first doing floor tunings. I bought a contact mic which I fastened to the soundboard with some kind of adhesive putty and connected it to amplified headphones. It turned out to be a bad idea because the soundboard itself acted as a microphone and picked up all the room noise I was trying to screen out, so I gave up on it. Maybe if the mic could be attached to the plate or something less affected by ambient noise. Tom Cole Jurgen Goering wrote: I met a german tech who spent one night tuning about 10 pianos for the opening of the Frankfurt Musikmesse. Same scenario. He is an aural tuner, and a bright one. He had a little contact microphone which he placed on the soundboard, then ran it through a tiny amp the size of an iPod, and to earphones from there. It allowed him to tune aurally in an environment where an ETD is usually a must. I was thinking of bringing these units onto the market, but up to now it has just remained one of many projects on the back burner... Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 info at pianofortesupply.com http://www.pianofortesupply.com On Jan 15, 2007, at 16:20, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: Well, I thought I would include another short sound clip from a tough tuning location. NAMM show is this week! Don Mannino<NAMM Begins.mp3> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/628 - Release Date: 01/15/2007 11:04 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/628 - Release Date: 01/15/2007 11:04 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070116/4d28e02b/attachment.html
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