wrote:
a friend wants me to make a CD of classical solo piano for her. she
owns a wonderful bosendorfer 7'4" grand piano, but it is in her dinky
living room in a small house - maybe 22'x 11' at most, with 8' ceiling,
sheetrock walls, carpet floor. i am thinking of a close-spaced pair of
DPA 4061s right up inside the piano, and a spaced pair of 4006s out in
the room (about 6 feet out), and then blend to taste when mixing. any
other ideas i should consider for this project? thanks.

Rent a better hall and use the piano there. It'll cost some money, and
you'll probably need to call a piano tech in, but you'll be a lot happier
with the end result.

If you absolutely _have_ to spot a piano for this sort of thing, use fake
reverb. If you're careful you can delay the onset of the reverb so that
it picks up as the short room reflections die out. You still won't get
natural tone with the mikes up so close, but you can get a surprisingly
natural room decay.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."