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Post subject: Re: NEW (VINTAGE) MICROPHONE DAY
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 10:37 am
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As far as mic-ing a tin whistle: I don't know. By "upper register," do mean higher frequencies, or the holes higher on the body of the instrument?

If you blow softly like on a recorder, you're in the low register. Soft.
If you blow a little harder, you go up an octave, and are in the middle register. Crisp.
If you blow even harder, you go up another octave, and are in the upper register. Shrill.
(It just becomes much harder to play, as you have to regulate the air pressure.)
Most tunes are in a mix of middle and low register, but you sometimes go up.

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Either way, I think the larger/taller "Elvis" style mics may or may not help you.

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The mic on the lower left corner of the picture is an 1950's(?) Astatic model 77; it picks up higher frequencies fairly well, such as a Hohner "Vest Pocket" Harp.

That's a thought! The main problem with the Shure is that the volume drops off exponentially with distance, and especially for high frequencies, so it's hard to get consistent volume unless you can hold it at the same distance. Works great for harp, once I figured out how to hold it.
The Blue works better for the penny whistle, but it's also not something you clip to a mic stand. Nice on a table stand for recording, though.

The tin flute / penny whistle is a relatively easy instrument to pick up for those who play the blues harp, and already know how to regulate air pressure. I like picking up a whistle or harp or fiddle at times. At jams, sometimes there are just too many guitar players.

Interesting. I'm not real aware of the tin flute as an instrument--I can identify its sound, but I've never played one or watched someone play one up-close, so I never really considered amplification issues one might face.

Your last statement ("too many guitar players") is amongst the reasons I started playing the harp in the first place. I was at a disadvantage when I started playing, because I started significantly later than all the people I associated with at the time. So I added an instrument into my circle of friends/players that no one else was attempting.

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Post subject: Re: NEW (VINTAGE) MICROPHONE DAY
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:20 am
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Screamin Armadillo wrote:
Your last statement ("too many guitar players") is amongst the reasons I started playing the harp in the first place. I was at a disadvantage when I started playing, because I started significantly later than all the people I associated with at the time. So I added an instrument into my circle of friends/players that no one else was attempting.[/quote]

I was just the opposite started playing harp in 1971, and then started playing guitar in 2009 or abouts. Yeah there were a lot more guitar players than harp players, I was never without a band, duo, acoustic or electric, hootenanny, whatnot
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