TuneLab and microphones

[Doug Richards]

Bob,

I've never heard of the Fairchild pickup.  Is it a SAT aftermarket product
or other...?

Regards,

doug richards
(still in Japan and wanting desperately to come home)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert Scott [SMTP:rscott@wwnet.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 19, 1998 4:41 AM
> To:	pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:	Re: TuneLab and microphones
> 
> David Porritt asks:
> 
> >With the magnetic pickup, do you have to keep repositioning it as you
> >work?  That would seem to be a lot of hassle, yet you sounded
> >enthusiastic in your note.  Tell us more.
> 
>  I only had a little while to play with the Fairchild pickup as I
> was borrowing it from Zen.  In the center of the piano where pickup
> is "easy", it seems that the pickup worked over many notes from
> just one position.  Only in the difficult areas (extreme treble
> or bass) did I reposition the pickup on every note (or two notes).
> I forgot to try to determine the maximum pickup range from one
> position.  When I get my own pickup to play with I'll have more
> to say.
> 
> -Robert Scott
> Ann Arbor, Michigan