[pianotech] Miking a piano

[paul bruesch]

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!
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> dp
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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> *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
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> http://www.mesapiano.com/e906.jpg
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> KeyKat88 at aol.com wrote:
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> Greetings,
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>        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.)
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> Thank You
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> Julia Gottshall
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> Reading, PA
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