Eberhard Sengpiel wrote:

Paul Beard home wrote
Has anyone had any experience miking a concertina?
What mike should I use (up to uk£250) and would it
be better to use two mikes: one for each end or one
better quality mike used somewhat centrally.

Hi Paul,

each musical instrument and voice needs a special built
microphone - you think.
As you use your especial built pea soup spoon, when
you want to eat that soup. Right?

Cheers

ebs

Look, Ebs, people don't ask "what microphone to use" because they think
there is ONLY ONE "CORRECT" mic for any given instrument. They ask
because they usually don't have time to start from scratch, in the dark,
trying every microphone in the book, and because they don't have the
money to buy a huge variety of microphones to try in the first place.

Would it have made you happier if Paul had asked, "What microphone do
you folk think I should try?" or, "What microphones have a good
reputation for concertina?" The rest of us could pretty well figure out
that's what he was getting at, without getting overly literal (and
snarky, to boot...)

BTW, while we're on the topic of spoons: I'd hate to try to eat pea soup
with a parfait spoon. There are these things called "soup spoons," and
they're different from dinner spoons and teaspoons for a perfectly good
reason. Try eating your next meal with a serving spoon -- yeah, you can
do it, but I bet you won't find it very pleasant. Once you're done with
that you can try recording a symphony orchestra with an SM57 and see how
well you like the results. (Hmmm.... now I'm getting snarky....)