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| Helpinstill Piano Pickups are only available directly from the manufacturer. The only magnetic pickup for piano, every unit is made with the attention to quality sound and precision design that established a world-wide reputation, and made Helpinstill the first name in piano pickups since the very first unit was bought by Elton John in 1972. Today, major artists, churches, and other state-of-the-art sound installations get a Helpinstill when only the best will do. In most applications micing the piano, it's the only thing that works! |
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No Feedback The Helpinstill doesn't "hear" any soundwaves through the air, as when piano miking is usually done with microphones. It senses the string movements magnetically at the speed of light to produce a signal. When we hear this signal through speakers, we recognize it as the sound of the piano! No Bleedthrough For the same reason that feedback is practically impossible, the signal from the Helpinstill contains no sounds of other instruments around the piano. Clear Sound Unlike pickups on the soundboard that produce a wooden, colored sound, or conventional microphones, which can make the piano sound far away, the Helpinstill sends the original vibrations of the strings (the source of the piano's sound) directly to your speakers where the piano sound is reproduced. Even Keyboard Every note on the piano can be exactly the same volume, eliminating dead zones and weak areas. Simple Installation The Helpinstill fits on a grand piano in about 15 minutes without tools. Nothing touches the piano except padded surfaces - no drilling, no screws, no adhesives. No Maintenance No batteries, no phantom or any other power means no upkeep. |
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Churches Helpinstill Piano Pickups are solving the problem of hearing the piano clearly for congregations all over the country. Churches that spent $50-200,000 on sound systems, and $15-50,000 on grand pianos still couldn't hear the piano during the service, even with piano micing using conventional microphones; now they are enjoying the piano for the first time. And if your church has a Contemporary Worship service, you've got to have a Helpinstill. Concert Halls Whenever piano is used in the company of amplified instruments, there is a need for faithful reinforcement of the piano sound. The Helpinstill systems accomplish this perfectly. Touring Acts The original Helpinstill Piano Pickups used by Elton John, Billy Joel, Barry Manilow and hundreds of other acts in the 70's could take two hours or more to install! They put up with it for the sound, but you don't have to - the latest model takes only 15 minutes to put on, and sounds even better. And our new Model 180 Humbucking Pickup is currently on tour with Norah Jones, Tom Petty, Lyle Lovett and K. D. Lang, providing them with the purest piano signal ever! |
