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Re: mics on stumps

Subject: Re: mics on stumps
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:37:29 -0800
Rob Danielson, you wrote,

>  >  a board with 20 penny nails and rubber bands about 9" by 12' is the
>  >  smallest footprint we use.
>
>Actually, tractor tire inner tubes. We start with lumber stock that
>is 1' X 6.5' x 12' long and cut it down with hand saws.
>http://www.uwm.edu/PSOA//Film/Danielson/HorihanX-YMicMntDesign/20PennyX-YM=
icMount.tiff

I'd advise designing something that doesn't include the flat board.
That surely introduces a significant coloration. You want to surround
the mikes with open space or something like it. NSS stalwart Lyman
Miller makes a big cylinder out of hardware cloth (that's 1/4" coarse
wire screen), strings rubber bands across it to hold the mikes, and
then covers it with fuzzy fabric. Photo of his shotgun pair w/o cloth
cover at:

http://www.dandugan.com/downloads/652-Lyman's-mikes.jpg

-Dan Dugan


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