On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jan 2015, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:28:42 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote: >>> >>> Can I mention the piezo pickups I installed in my accordion. Gawd >>> they sounded awful :) (Accordion wasn't bad back then when I actually >>> knew how to play one). >> >> >> Bob, >> >> an electromagnet/coil is fairly useless for recording an accordion. >> Usage of coils isn't impossible, since the accordion does use air to >> vibrate things made of metal that might be magnetic. JFTR even the Still being sold for this purpose: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schaller-instruments-723-10-84/dp/B004YD67AQ My install was a very long time ago. Could well be that I just did the whole job as a botch-up :) Don't have the box any more, and that is fine. But, I clearly do remember them sounding just awful ... even after all these years. -- **** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
