<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Dave,<br> <br> Another possibility is an instrument pickup from K & K Sound. Go to:<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.kksound.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KOS&Category_Code=IP">http://www.kksound.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KOS&Category_Code=IP</a><br> Scroll down to and click on "Pure Piano". This product was designed in cooperation with Seiler Pianos and is reasonably priced.<br> <br> As to why they want the lid down, they may want to isolate the piano track for mixing purposes.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> Dave Smith wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid003101c567b4$20a49b80$6401a8c0@desktop"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I don't know why the church needs to mic the piano.  They have a rather large ensemble, and probably can't properly shake the walls with an unamplified piano.  Good questions, However, I don't yet know the answers.  </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks to those who answered, I will post the resolution at a later date.  </font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Dave Smith</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">SW FL</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>From:</b> <a title="dsmith941@comcast.net" href="mailto:dsmith941@comcast.net">Dave Smith</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> </div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:21 AM</div> <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;"><b>Subject:</b> Piano microphones - lid closed</div> <div><br> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have a church customer who has been mic-ing their Yamaha C3 with several large mics on booms.  Now they want to have  the lid closed and still mic it.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Has anyone seen or used an internal mic system, either under lid or under piano?  They have heard of a system with a small bar with several small mics.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks.  Dave Smith</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">SW FL</font></div> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>