"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
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Nothing is ever going to sound good with the lid shut.

The PZM seems to be the most common choice for this sort of thing... I
don't much like the way it makes the piano sound (we are talking about
a grand, right?), but it is very low profile.

Thanks. Yes, it's a grand; need the mic mostly for the sake of monitors, so
I'm not real concerned about the audio quality, though of course I don't
want it to suck utterly. Currently considering a Shure Beta 91.


This is the exact application that the Helpenstil piano pickup was
designed
for. It sounds even worse, though.

I remember using one of those on a couple of tours in the mid 80's. Don't
remember it ever sounding good.


You cannot do this. You _can_ run them on the outside of the cold air
return, though, which will be almost as easy.

No, it won't... the church is made entirely from concrete. The duct in
question is basically a concrete-lined trench in the foundations, under the
floor of the sanctuary. Running along the "outside" would involve
excavation :-) The only other alternative is to run them along the ceiling
or walls, which does not sound like a picnic as the ceiling is about 50' up
and everything is made of concrete.

There's already a bunch of cable running in that duct, but of course codes
have changed since it was put in (and probably the last installation job was
done by someone who didn't know about the code anyway).