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When \u201cA Chorus Line\u201d moved to Broadway, Tharon Musser, the lighting designer, had convinced the producers to specify the LS-8 computerized lighting desk and Scrimmer dimmer packs\u00a0 <\/span>from Electronics Diversified.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 1975 I was working at Theatresound, the smallest of the three Broadway sound rental shops.\u00a0 <\/span>As part of Feller Scenery Studio\u2019s move from the Bronx to Newburgh, NY, Theatresound had recently moved from a space in Feller to one in the Four Star Stage Lighting shop, just south of Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

Four Star supplied the lighting equipment for almost every Broadway show.\u00a0 <\/span>At that time, the technology for lighting control on Broadway was the \u2018piano board\u2019, 12 to 14 resistance dimmers in a wooden case about the size of 1-1\/2 upright pianos.\u00a0 <\/span>The cables to the lights were 2-wire, ungrounded, and some of the older stock was even insulated with varnished cotton.\u00a0 <\/span>It was not unusual to get shocked while focussing a show.<\/p>\n

By contrast, at Theatresound, we were experienced in configuring electronic audio equipment for the rigors of Broadway and touring shows,\u00a0 <\/span>we built the complex cabling to connect all the various pieces, and we had the only shop space in Four Star that was air-conditioned.\u00a0 <\/span>For these reasons the \u2018Chorus Line\u2019 dimmers and computer were delivered to our care. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The LS-8 console was set up in our air-conditioned space where Gordon Pearlman, the creator, could finish programming it.\u00a0 <\/span>The dimmer packs arrived \u201craw\u201d \u2013 they were not ready for trucking to the Shubert theater, let alone ready for use on a show.\u00a0 <\/span>Fortunately they were designed to be installed in standard 19\u201d audio racks.\u00a0 <\/span>We had enough heavy-duty touring audio racks to fit all the dimmer packs and we had the tools and training to prep the control and power cables for the system.<\/p>\n

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Myles Ambrose and Eric Schultz with dimmer rack for “Rockabye Hamlet”<\/p><\/div>\n

Within 6 months our biggest sound rental, \u201cCandide\u201d, had closed and we had designed and built our first set of custom dimmer racks for \u201cRockabye Hamlet\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span>We had quickly changed from a sound shop to the electronic lighting control department of Four Star and I was transformed from a sound man into a lighting programmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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