St. Olaf College Electro-Controls DPC Installation
This spring, I am serving as the Supervisor of Lighting and Sound as a sabbatical replacement at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. This college is probably most famous for their acclaimed choral...
View ArticleEarly memory board; Strand IDM-Q
Did anyone use a Strand IDM-Q (Instant Dimmer Memory-Cue), A North American cousin of the British Thorn Q-File? We had one in Hamilton Place when it opened in 1973: Two 23"(A telco width standard)...
View ArticleUniversity Of Alaska, Fairbanks Lee H. Salisbury Theatre
This is an edited update of this video containing a collection of photos from my college days as lighting design from 1981-1986. You will see a control booth that was replaced with a new system. I...
View ArticleKliegl System 70 question...
OK, I am intrigued I am a self-professed lighting history geek. In the last few weeks I have posted some interesting historical stuff that has garnered mild interest. But in some independent research I...
View ArticleRambert Dance Company at the Brighton Theatre Royal, 2007
They were using a Midas Heritage 1000 series and had identified a number of minor faults. I lived in Brighton at that time, and it fell to me to sort them out. It is quite an easy console to work on,...
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LS-8: First Memory System on Broadway
For those interested in seeing a photo of the LS-8, the first memory system on Broadway on A Chorus Line, have a look here: http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X1060.91 ST
View ArticleVintage hardware catalogs
In cleaning our old (really old!) files I've found a number of catalogs of theatre lighting equipment and hardware. I'll be glad to send this material to anyone who collects such. I hate to send it to...
View ArticleNeed help identifying vintage dimmers
I am interested in finding out information, like the manufacturer name, and any online info or photos of a dimmer that I used at my high school in rural western Minnesota in the late 1960's. It was a...
View Article1903 stagehands
http://www.props.eric-hart.com/reprints/the-stage-hands-story-1903/ Fun read.
View ArticleWhere was OSHA?
http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-ba...016&variable=4079644f8fe578c0fe28d8d320f91279 Today’s ballerinas are expected to starve and punish themselves for fear of being pushed off the assembly line,...
View ArticleOk, what is this? Found hanging on one of our back pipes.
IMG_4235 by spicer posted Sep 14, 2016 at 4:05 PM IMG_4236 by spicer posted Sep 14, 2016 at 4:03 PM
View ArticlePatent search
has anyone been able to find old patents for theater lighting instruments from the US Patent Office?
View ArticleDonate Old Industry Magazines
Hello, I'm in the process of some serious purging and would like to know if my collection of industry magazines (Live Design, Lighting & Sound America, and Stage Directions) from roughly 2006-2010...
View ArticleMajor and Frank Adam catalogs
This may have been posted before but my search didn't turn up anything. Lots of photos of old lighting boards also....
View ArticleLooking to Identify
So a friend of mine saw this the other day, I was wondering what kind of board is this and what type of space was it used in 17156155_834944144940_8282515762882275361_n by sross01986 posted Mar 6, 2017...
View ArticleSun Studio Akai MS1214
Spotted an Akai MS1214 at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The attached paper states that U2 had used that Akai to record Rattle and Hum. View attachment 14683
View ArticleScantrons!
Came across this today: https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/05...hotos-you-didnt-know-you-needed-in-your-life/ Get out your #2 pencils!
View ArticleBroadway Houses
This is pretty fun..... https://vimeo.com/user13347383/videos/page:1/sort:date
View ArticleName that followspot! (Capitol #1001)
Make, model, year? View attachment 3572 What is the black box near the bottom of the stand? What lamp/light source does it use?
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