Walter Harley wrote:
"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.

In that case, go with the C-Ducer. The sound absolutely sucks, but it will
give you amazing gain before feedback, which is what you really want in the
monitor application anyway.

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.

Running outside the building isn't as bad as it might seem, in part because
this is Class II wiring and does not need to be in conduit if it's outside.

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).

Personally, this would scare me. Not that I have not seen similarly bad
things, but it would still scare me.
--scott
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