I have a pair of Sennheiser headphones... love 'em. Also noticed last week volunteering at the public radio station pledge drive, they use Sennheiser equipment, too. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>wrote: > I haven’t had that much experience with Sennheiser but all that I have > had has been good! > > > > dp > > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > > dporritt at smu.edu > > > > *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On > Behalf Of *Mark Purney > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:42 AM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Miking a piano > > > > For one situation (Yamaha C3, for live reinforcement with a full band) I > auditioned a variety of mics that were supposed to be great for piano, and > none of them worked well. Just for fun, I stuck my Sennheiser e906 guitar > cabinet mic in the tail, and I was shocked at how much better this $190 > microphone sounded than the other, more expensive mics. I fabricated a > suspension mount for it to go right on the plate (see picture or link > below). > > The e906 is designed to be placed a few inches from the speaker of a guitar > amp. It's also used for brass instruments, drums, or other sources that have > a high SPL. This is why the mic works so well at picking up the piano, and > ONLY the piano. It's also what makes the mic so reluctant to feed back. One > of these days, I may try two of them (one for treble and one for bass), but > I got decent results with just one, and I wanted to keep things simple for > those running the mixing board. > > http://www.mesapiano.com/e906.jpg > > > > KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > What is the best way to mike a piano? How many mikes (optimally)? > Where is the best location to put a mike in a piano? (Jazz quintet The > horns (sax and clar) overpower the piano.) > > > > > > Thank You > > Julia Gottshall > > Reading, PA > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090311/4bcdea29/attachment.html>
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