---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I agree with Phil, it seems the industry standard is the AKG 414 as far as piano mic's go. But the 414 is a bright mic, and placement is critical. The best sound I've heard was obtained with two ribbon mics, but they're costly, usually require preamps, they might be ruined by phantom power),and they're not always in a school's mic inventory. But they'll make a Yamaha CIII sound round and full... I can tell you what I've learned about placement that always works for me if you're interested - everything I learned about this was from Peter Clark at CSU Sacramento. Bill Shull a In a message dated 12/1/2005 7:53:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, phil@philbondi.com writes: I will only speak with some confidence about one D I service: They use 2 AKG 414's taped to the underside of the lid. They're not side by side, and I couldn't tell you exactly where they're placed. I have heard recordings using this technique, and I told the sound engineer that I thought the sound could be a little 'fuller, more round'. This was a few years ago now. He agreed and has been working with minute changes in placement, but I haven't heard any recordings recently. 414's are pretty much industry standard as far as microphones and pianos. As far as 'road' pianos..I won't go there! -Phil Bondi(Fl) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/4a/58/e8/5d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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