Your description of recording the player piano suggests to me that 
your cheap Tandy/Radio Snack mic is not cutting the mustard.  I would 
suggest their PZM mic, which is still relatively inexpensive, and 
gives quite good results.  It's a big square flat thing.  I would 
suggest taping it inside the lid of the piano, facing the strings, 
with the lid part open.  If you use a pair for left and right, try 
positioning them a fair way apart on the piano to capture all the 
strings evenly, and to give a more interesting stereo image.

That's assuming you can solve your clipping problem :-)  A cheap 
mixer with input trims is probably the way to go, and would serve you 
well with any other recording projects you might endeavour in the 
future.

Clae.

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