Mic Archive

Instrument family

Free reeds

Accordions, concertinas, the bandoneon and the harmonica: air from bellows or breath sets tuned metal reeds vibrating, one reed (or set) per note.1

Members: Diatonic button accordion, Piano accordion, Bandoneon, Concertina, Harmonica.

Sources
1 (1 independent)

Recommended mics

Mics sources recommend

1 setups from 1 sources, 1 of them independent of any mic maker. Few independent sources so far, so the mics are listed without counts. Listed alphabetically: there is no ranking.

On stage

Close

  • cardioid dynamic pointed at the middle of the instrument from about 8 in
The 1 setup behind this: placement and quotes
  • Close cardioid dynamic pointed at the middle of the instrument from about 8 in
    close, live dance
    Sax, clarinet, bagpipes, accordion, concertina: point a mic at their middle from about 8 inches away and they should sound ok.2

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Piano accordionreference · en.wikipedia.org
  2. Jeff Kaufman: Contra Dance Sound, Mic PlacementJeff Kaufman · engineer · 2012 · jefftk.com