stage lighting (part 1)

stage lighting At this time of the year, thousands of amateur and school dramatic and music societies and groups are preparing for the coming season. A large number of these societies often wish they had a proper stage lighting installation, which permits the smooth changing and blending of lights and colours, the setting up of complete scenes with preset light intensities, and the smooth transition of light of two or more colours from one scene to the next at a controlled rate. The control panel of this type of installation can be located at a convenient place from where the operator can view the scene. Unfortunately, professional installations of this nature cost anything from a couple of thousand pounds upwards. The installation described in this and the next issue can, however, be built for a fraction of that cost. by A Sevriens The control panel contains two separately preset light channels. Each lamp of the stage lighting system is controlled by two independent potentiometer...