"Leoaw3" wrote in message ...
why a grand piano
that's loud enough not to be in the main PA of a large sanctuary, needs
a mic for insertion into just the monitors.

Reminds me of a story of a famous father and daughter, both singers. I talked
to a guy who ran sound for their show. The daughter's technical rider
specified 4 15" monitors with 3,000 watts of amp power. She kept asking to be
turned up in her monitors... and still didn't track well with the band. The
dad got up, and the sound guy asked how he wanted his monitors. He said "turn
them off, I learned a long time ago how to hear the band. He was right with
the band and had solid pitch.

Seems like a lot of folks these days don't want to take the time to REALLY
learn their craft....

-lee-

And fewer and fewer realize that 'listening' is a part of the art... not just
being innundated by SPL from a monitor wedge.