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Couldn’t resist when the piano was still in decent tuning, so I went and sampled it again, this time with FIVE mics instead of three.
And what’s even better: you can blend the microphone balance to your taste!
Thanks to Kontakt 7 compression algorithm, the size is still only 706 MB even though the number of samples increased significantly (basically from 36 sample files to over 300).
DecentSampler version is 1,5 GB unzipped and doesn’t (yet) have the sustain pedal noise effective.
Micing setup on this larger version:
- Two SM57s behind the piano close to the soundboard
- Two OM1s close to the hammers and strings
- One 47jr (omni pattern) for mono room sound
- Four velocity layers sampled per key.
Added in v. 1.1 pedal noise (and of course you can control the level)
Both the Kontakt and DecentSampler versions have mixers for balancing the microphones (in Kontakt you can purge the unused samples to save RAM).
A very brief sound demo of the pro version, just showcasing different registers and dynamics.
Versions with all mics and no added reverb + same with Lady Chapel reverb in DecentSampler. No other processing done, this is what the instrument actually sounds like in DecentSampler.
Go ahead and grab the pro version from here:
My grandparents bought the piano from a shop then called Piano Jylhä (nowadays Soitin Jylhä), located in Jyväskylä, Finland. My mother started piano lessons the same year but ended up quitting six years later.
One of my very first conscious memories was when the piano was moved to my childhood home in 1994. It was located there until around 2012. There wasn’t enough room in my apartment for an acoustic piano back then, so the piano was borrowed to a local jazz musician who kept it in tune for practising.
In summer 2023 the piano was moved to my rehearsal space and that’s where this sample library was recorded.
About the original “light” version:
My first ever attempt to sample my old upright piano soon after it was tuned. The piano is a small ’chippendale’ model, manufactured in Finland somewhere around 1967. Inside the piano there is a text ”Helsinki” below the brand name, but it is very likely that the instrument was actually built in Nurmijärvi.
The end result won’t challenge any serious commercial upright libraries, but I’d say it’s still a decent piano sound with just a little bit over 200 megabytes of samples 
I know many people here use Kontakt and DecentSampler. Well, I made versions for both (Kontakt 7 and above), and also for Ableton Live and Logic Pro samplers. I must confess I spent most time tweaking the Kontakt version since that is what I’ll be mostly using, but the other three should also be reasonaby playable. Of course you are free to tweak the velocity switch points, filter settings etc. to your liking.
You’ll find all four versions through this link:
I used a matched pair of sE7 microphones as an XY pair above the strings and JZ Microphones BH-2 behind the piano. I had some strict time limitations: I had reserved the rehearsal space for one afternoon during a time period when, hopefully, the room would be very quiet, since the musicians who practise in adjacent rooms usually start a bit later. I got lucky, since the drumming did start just minutes after I had recorded the last release sample.
Here’s a very quick sound demo with the Kontakt version, one take and just a bit of reverb added.
Give it a try if you like, and feedback is always welcome 
This thing likes reverb, the room where the piano was sampled is very dry so no room mics were used.
