And thats the softer, slower, Adagio portion of the concerto.
The rehearsal of the concerto had the lid closed. Then, surprise, surprise,.. the show had the lid open for the concerto, and closed for the balance of the show, softening it considerably.
Today,... lid open for the whole show, with the open lid facing the audience.
I bagged the first row, right side seat, and we stored all of our gear on the left first row seat, as the piano was so close to that row, anyone sitting there woud have had there face stuffed full of piano.
So, I utilized the hardwood church pews as the boundary layer, rearward baffle, and i taped the foam rem pieces to the sides of the pews as side baffling.
It record, and eft the first row seats to a really nice couple that comes to the shows (all of them), and I went and sat in the rear side.
I somehow managed to run two complete sets of blank files with Gude and the R09HR. They soundchecked out just fine; I hit record, saw levels, and time rolling on record; walked away. I get home to find two 41 minute blank stereo files that weighed in about 2gb of blankness, totally flat-lined. Gremlins.
And,... more time logged in the shade of another D'Tree.
Conclusion of test firing:
Total potential for exploration. I would very much like to do this again without the piano.