Do you have a mic stand yet? You could set up your mic stand and tape a beer koozie to it, then put your R-09HR in it and raise it to whatever height you want. I bought an R-09 and mics and a preamp from Chris about this time last year, and I used my R-09's internal mics once while I was waiting for the Church Audio stuff. Luckily the bar where I recorded was projecting a basketball game to a screen on the stage before the show, and they had the projector on top of a table stacked on top of another table. They left it there during the show, so I just put my hip sack on the top table, propped up the R-09, and it turned out pretty good. It's not as good as with a preamp and mics, but at least you'll get a chance to use the R-09HR's internal mics.