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Recording grand piano in a church

I have to record my next classical solo piano recital (Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff) in a small-medium sized church, in which reverb could be a problem.
The piano will be a steinway concert grand and I have at my disposal 2 Neumann km 183 (omni) matched, 2 schoeps cmc5 mk4 (not matched) and 2 schoeps cmc5 mk 21 (not matched).

Need Advice for Recording Church Choir Perofrmance Tour

Our church choir is going to Great Britain next year on a performance tour. We will be singing in four or five well known English and Scottish cathedrals. I have been tasked with documenting the trip. I'm all set with photographic and video equipment, but I am a newbie in regards to audio recording.

Suggestions for recording choir in church?

Hi all

Next week I'll be recording a male amateur choir (48 guys) in my local church.
There''ll be no audience and we can probably track it a couple of times.
Mostly a mix between somewhat popular and religious songs

The choir will be on the altar of a (about) 800 seats church
standing in a semicircle / upside down U

Live Church Sound Bottoming Out when We Begin to Record Live

I am a pastor in a small church who needs help. I have a 12 channel peavey mixer (RQ2314) recording our services live on an ALESIS 9600 with a 40 Meg HD. I also use a sonic maximizer a Tascam CDA500 for CD play prior to service and use the Tape function for duplicating my CD to Tape. Here is my problem: