[pianotech] Miking a piano

[Porritt, David]

I haven't had that much experience with Sennheiser but all that I have had has been good!

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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<mailto: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
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