I am going to be doing some solo classical piano recording in a resonant church and I'd love to get some advice about starting points for mic placements. The piano is a Grotrian-Steinweg Concert Grand and it's a small stone church with a high ceiling and wooden floors (see photo).

The piano is very warm but powerful and the space is very resonant, almost too much so. I want a detailed sound but also to retain the richness of the space.

Here is the equipment that I have available:

Pair of Samar Audio Ribbons
Pair of Earthworks QTC40 omnis
Pair of Line Audio Omnis
Pair of MBHO/Haun Cardioids
Grace 802 Preamp (8 channels)

Thanks everyone for your input!





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i'd use a pair of directional mics near/inside the grand piano (to get mostly direct and a bit of reflected sound but to keep the room sound at bay) and a pair of omnis outside/at some distance (to get mostly ambi/reverbetnt sound or for use as efx send)...

...or i'd try to find another venue with better acoustics and a decent instrument.

No photo.

Recommendations pretty much impossible without seeing the space.

"Small" is too vague.

Yeah picture would be helpful.

Kit selection is strong so should be able to get best solution.

Sorry, photo link didn't attach. It's been updated now. Thanks!

That one photo doesn't show enough of the space to be useful.