Earthworks PianoMic PM40T User Manual
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- Page 2 Congratulations on your purchase of the innovative Earthworks Touring PianoMic™ System. We know that you will be thrilled with the results you will achieve using the Touring PianoMic™ System for both live performance and recording. Items Enclosed with your New Earthworks Touring PianoMic™ System: PianoMic™...
- Page 3 ASSEMBLING & DISASSEMBLING THE TOURING PIANOMIC™ The PianoMic™ System is quick and easy to install. Once you have initially set up the PianoMic™ System you will be able to do it from that point on in just a few minutes. Here are some helpful guidelines: CAUTION –...
- Page 4 4. Now, take the two PianoMic telescoping sections and mate the connectors just like you would mate a standard XLR connector (see Fig. 1-D). First mate the key- ways and then push the connectors together until you hear a “click.” If you do not hear a click, then change the position of the rotating collar and try to mate the two sections again.
- Page 5 The PianoMic™ System provides the following benefits: • Excellent overall piano sound with uniform level from all strings • Superb sound with the piano lid up or down • Tremendous gain before feedback • Minimal leakage from other instruments surrounding the piano (with piano lid closed) •...
- Page 6 Any recording or live sound engineer will tell you that conventional microphones do a poor job inside a piano with the lid closed. Sound engineers were amazed when they heard the exceptional sound quality of the PianoMic™ System used inside a piano with the lid open and at half-stick.
- Page 7 Figure 6. Facing the Mic Heads Towards the Dampers Figure 7. Facing the Mic Heads Away From the Dampers 4. The PianoMic™ can be placed inside the piano with the microphone heads either facing the dampers (Figure 6) or facing away from the dampers (Figure 7). For opti- mum results, the PianoMic™...
- Page 8 6. Once you have determined which placement will provide you with the abil- ity to have the microphone heads two to three inches in front of the dampers, you are ready to place the PianoMic™ System inside the piano. With the bar fully extended and the clutch adjusted where there is still a little friction, place the support bracket on the edge of the piano case opposite you.
- Page 9 11. With the PianoMic™ placed in- side the piano and the microphones properly positioned you are ready to connect the PianoMic™ cable to the electronics box via a 5-pin XLR con- nector. The back of the electronics box has two XLR-3 connectors that will connect the microphone outputs to the preamp inputs of your mixer Figure 13.
- Page 10 Leather Bag Figures 16. Attaching the Pouch Figures 15. Placing the Electronics Box to the Piano Leg. in the Pouch. Leather Pouch Attached to Piano Leg The enclosed leather pouch has Velcro straps that allow it to be attached to the leg of a piano.
- Page 11 Since David’s death in 2002 the Earthworks engineers have continued to develop new inno- vations in microphone design such as the PianoMic™ System, FlexWand™...
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Page 12: Specifications
FIFTEEN-YEAR WARRANTY All Earthworks products (excluding accessories) carry a fifteen-year limited warranty (parts and labor). If you have any problems with your Earthworks products, please contact our warranty/repair department by email at: returns@earthworksaudio.com or by telephone at (603) 654-6427, Ext. 20. - Page 13 Notes:...
- Page 14 Made in U.S.A. Earthworks, Inc. • 37 Wilton Rd. • Milford, NH 03055 603-654-6427, ext. 14 • www.earthworksaudio.com email: sales@earthworksaudio.com • Printed in U.S.A.
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