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Lighting Panel

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LOOKS LIKE GIZMOS FROM THE 50's
A.S.V.
Tue 05-09-2006
have the ugre to pull any of these, Motts?
Johnnsy
Tue 05-09-2006
Maybe the right combination or position opens a hidden door. lol
Weebs
Tue 05-09-2006
...or opens up a trap door tht shoots you into the basement (LOL)
Puddleboy
Tue 05-09-2006
They are autotransformer dimmers for the lighting equipment= probaly WardLeondard or old Century Strand. The colors of the handles probaly indicate which colored circuits of a strip of lights over the stage they controlled. I began my theatre career using a similar dimming system- Now I make lots of money repairing and replacing these.
sls
Tue 05-09-2006
your on in 5 minutes Mr. Sinatra
Joe
Wed 05-10-2006
Motts, I bet you could sell this one to Autechre or Solvent or Radian (or some similar band) for one of their CD covers!
isabeats
Fri 05-12-2006
Amazing shot! :)
Long Island Irish
Sun 05-21-2006
good one isabeats,and he (or she) probably could. P.S. im new my names jayson
blot
Thu 06-15-2006
Welcome, Jayson. If you join the Forum, I started a music thread there. I'd like to find out if you like those 3 bands. At this point, I've only met 1 person into this kind of music!
isabeats
Thu 06-15-2006
it looks old except for the red and blue switches! kinda cool.
Amanda J
Thu 06-22-2006
And I thought my school's 1980-something Jands lighting system was ancient...
Sfinro
Fri 06-23-2006
haha if I had to use this instead of my schools ETC board I would cry

its amazing that you could do anything with those ancient controls though
G TownGLi
Thu 06-29-2006
I've used one of these light boards before--they're incredible. 34,000 watts per dimmer
Brandon
Sat 09-23-2006
They used even older ones at the middle school I went to . They dated to the 1930s and still were completely functional.
douro20
Wed 10-31-2007
Seeing bad visions of even worse hokey sci-fi movies/shows; all thats missing is a sticker "DO NOT PUSH the red button" or in this case flick the switch in the upper right corner.
frog
Mon 04-21-2008
This is a neat photo. There were (and probably still are) literally thousands of these dimmerboards, in various different configurations, installed in schools, churches, and theaters. They're darn near bulletproof. This photo revives lots of memories for me. Thanks for posting it!
mamills
Mon 09-15-2008
One word: a-n-c-i-e-n-t!
Tenebris In Lux
Mon 08-01-2011

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