Apurdue.254 net.music utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!purdue!cak Tue Apr 6 18:40:17 1982 Re: acoustic pickups? Though it's been a while since I've been interested, I looked seriously at pickups some time ago. The two biggest names are FRAP and Barcus-Berry. FRAP put out at least two models; the most expensive was an acoustic pickup with three transducers in a single housing -- one for each axis. They had a less expensive model with but one transducer. The price of $170 sticks in my mind, but it's been a few years, and I don't know if that was for the single or triple. I think you had to buy a preamp on top of that. Barcus-Berry makes a pickup for just about anything -- and they were usually cheaper than FRAP, too. I'm sure they have something that would do the trick. This company got into the business because Berry (I think) played violin and got tired of fighting with microphones, so wanted to do it right. I was impressed with their products, though most need a separate preamp. Helpenstill makes a line of piano pickups -- I have no experience with them, but remember reading the ads. They might have something for you. I ended up not buying any pickup, choosing instead to purchase a quality mike and stand, because I needed to amplify 4 different instruments (two saxes, flute, and guitar), and couldn't afford four pickups. Hope this helps.... Chris Kent ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.