<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>Richard,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've seen this, but there are other (non-destructive) ways to do close-mike a piano.  My favorite is to wind gaffer's tape between two struts and stick the mike in the resulting loop of tape.  Please don't stick screws into the lid of your M.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mike</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rsanbornmorgan@yahoo.com href="mailto:rsanbornmorgan@yahoo.com">Richard Morgan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 11/8/2006 3:35:22 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Recording</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: garamond, new york, times, serif"> <DIV>My church is installing a new sound system, and we will be miking the Steinway M (not a particularly stellar representative, but serviceable.  I have two questions:<BR><BR>1.  What is the best way to mike a grand?<BR><BR>2.  Originally (until we decided the sound was best with the mike [Shure Beta 91, cardioid mike] placed on the soundboard to the left of the bass strings, near the top of the bass bridge and resting on foam to isolate)  They suggested it was common to tape it or screw it to the underside of the lid.  Is this underside-of-lid placement (and attaching with screws!) common?<BR><BR>Thanks for your input.<BR><BR>Richard Morgan<BR></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>