VSL has sampled the Borsendorfer with close, player and far positions, and I think they did the same with the organ and there is also a wet sample set of percussio, so it's not unprecedented ;) I would probably use the dry samples most of the time, but it's nice to have the same samples with some extra coloured early reflections for certain situations, or even a multi mic type setup like they do now with drum samples, so you can have the dry sound as your direct, then have a room and even "overhead" or some other third position to mix in, which would give you a range of natural colours, but then you can also mix in additional reverb to give you the larger room, or the rest of the room. Something like that.
I personally love the dry sound - the flexibility that it gives you - together with MIR and other processing you could never have that flexibility with a library that sounds good out of the box but then you are stuck with that forever. So given a choice I think VSL has absolutely made the right choice - evidenced by the longevity of the library. But having a multi mic set up would be awesome. But, it may not be possible. I don't know the technicalities of how the silent stage works to that degree, could you do it effectively, or maybe everything would have to be recorded twice to achieve two libraries, rather than one discreet library with multiple mic positions - in which case, I would say going with the dry samples would be the best idea.
