> From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> > Date: December 17, 2012 10:24:51 PM EST > > I've tuned this piano a couple times now since they put in this (apparent) sound pickup contraption. I've never seen such a thing elsewhere, and it doesn't look like anything I've read about here. Piano is a Yamaha C2 in a church, FWIW. > > Is anyone aware of what sort of device they may be? > > Thanks! > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN It's a Helpinstill magnetic pickup system: http://www.helpinstill.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpinstill As is the case with magnetic pickups in electric guitars and basses, they greatly reduce the feedback which would be present with microphones in high-gain (loud) environments. They are pretty commonly used in rock and other loud types of music (though I did find a NYC recording engineer using a Helpinstill on some crossover-classical concerts I played recently). Helpinstill also made an acoustic piano with pickups for a while.... Joe DeFazio Pittsburgh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121218/3683284f/attachment.htm>
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