I have never posted here before, but I got an email from a friend of mine wondering if I had any suggestions about how to mike a harp...

I play folk harp with another lady, (www.ardythandjennifer.com). We have four recordings (we're working on our fifth), and we have always used really high quality studio mikes for that... I know you can rent them here from the local music store, and that would be my suggestion- they are recording studio quality instrument mikes, and they are really worth the money. Our music store only charges $10-$20 per day, and you can do a lot in a day!

For performance we bought audio technica condenser mikes almost seven years ago, and they are incredible. they require phantom power, so they sometimes don't work with older sound systems, but you can always rent or buy a pre-amp if you're running into that problem.

These mikes are great because they are suspended inside the sound box, and they pick up ever sound, but don't have that contact noise you get from a pick up.

I would highly recommend getting something like that- they have really lasted well, and we have used the heck out of them! They might be pretty good for recording too, if you can't fine the other ones. They don't have a buzz or a hum in any case.

Good luck with your recording!

-Jennifer
(the Happy Harper)