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MICROPHONE PLACEMENT GUIDE
FOR KAWAI UPRIGHT PIANOS
The following placement guidelines were developed specifically for the PR-1 piano microphones. Using other types of
microphones with these guidelines may not produce a good result
The illustrations below are rough sketches of the back posts on an upright piano, when looking at them from the back side.
The left side of the illustration shows the upper keys (right) and the right side shows the lower keys (left). Please be aware
of this point when you connect the microphones.
This distance between the microphones and the soundboard should be approximately 7 cm for the left microphone (lower
keys) and 12 cm for the right microphone (upper keys).
Upright piano with 4 back posts
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For a piano where it is either not practical or not possible to attach the microphones to the back of the piano, it is also
possible to remove the lower front panel and attach the microphones to the iron plate struts:
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Connect the attached piano microphones to their respective cables.
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Removing the lower front panel.
To prevent personal injury and potential damage to the piano, the lower front panel should
be taken off with two people because the panel is quite heavy. If you find it difficult to remove
the panel, please contact your local Kawai dealer or your piano tuner and ask for help
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-1 Locate the retaining spring and the knob at the top of the lower panel. Push up on the spring while holding the knob
to release the panel.
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-2 The lower panel can now be leaned out towards you. There are several dowels on the bottom of the lower panel
which hold it into piano.
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-3 Hold on to the lower panel’s bottom edge and lift up on the knob to remove it from the piano. Carefully and slowly,
lift off the lower panel and place it in a safe place. After taking it off you can see the piano’s strings and plate similar
to the illustration below.
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Upright piano with 6 back posts
Upright piano with 5 back posts
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