Our choice of Microphone for recording acoustic pianos.
More details to follow on the Sontronics microphones we use to record the pianos here at the Piano Gallery showroom.
"Over the last few years we have worked with the Piano Gallery to videoe and demonstrate the pianos they have for sale through a virtual online showroom. The most important aspect of this being how they sound! We experimented with a wide range of microphones until we decided to simply go with the best - which led us to Sontronics. We were so pleased to find they were a british engineering company. Their Apollo 2 became our microphone of choice. The wonderful thing about the mic is it captures the true sound of the piano as if you were standing in the room! Which is exactly what we need to achieve. Pianos are often mic'd for the specific sound or register they are being played in but we needed to capture the full dynamic range of all pianos in exactly the same way. Positioning the Apollo like a person in the room listening to the piano has worked a dream. The sound is amazing and we are so pleased. The simplicity of micing the piano with no processing required after has been a dream - capturing the tone of both grands and uprights beautifully! It also looks great and makes the perfect partner to all the pianos from Yamaha to Steinway. Brilliant"