[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 99, Issue 6 favourite harp mic

[Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Because I am more interested in the acoustic sound of harp than a heavily amplified sound, I bought a Suzuki harp mic MS-100 a couple of years ago. This cost about £70 I think, comparable to lower end Shure mics etc in price. This looks like (and maybe indeed actually is) a lapel mic - it is small and light, which I like. It gives a clean sound, to my ear and doesn't feedback too easily. It has an on-off switch. It comes with a finger clip so I can play it outside the hand, picking up hand muting, wa-wa etc, or inside the hand cup for a more amplified sound. I don't like the cable because it is very thing and easily gets tangled whilst playing. 

The lightness is what I really like as I find a full weight mic quite inhibiting.

Anyone else ever used one of these? 
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> My favorite #1 mic is an Astatic T-3 with an original 1939 crystal element. Mic #2 is an Astatic Biscuit with the early, thicker crystal element found in the oldest Biscuits. Both of these elements were made by Brush. Mic #3 is a Shure Brown Bullet with a black label CR element. I don't use a VC with any of them. An in-line or foot operated on-off switch serves me best.
> Pete Sheridan
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