Battery Powerd Music Stand Lights
Christopher Jahn
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Duncan Wood
wrote:
> Anybody using them? What's the battery life?
>
Not sure, we haven't changed them yet (2 shows, 2 rehearsals)
Duncan Wood
wrote:
> Anybody using them? What's the battery life?
>
Which is possibly more helpfull a comment if I say we're using these
http://www.thomann.de/gb/mighty_bright_xtra_flex_super_led_schwarz.htm
David McCall
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http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Bright-XtraFlex-Music-Light/dp/B001U4M45Y
I like them a lot because they don't mess up my blackouts.
The musicians seem to like them too.
I think they might light the pages more evenly than the traditional ones.
I haven't been the one dealing with the batteries.
You may need to change them every 10 shows or so, but I really don't know?
The thing that worries me is people walking off with them.
We put the music director or stage manager in charge of collecting them each
night.
David
Duncan Wood
wrote:
The biggest advantage our musos found was that the bulbs don't blow.
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Duncan Wood
Atlantic Illumination Entertainment Lighting
> We bought a set of lights similar to the one Duncan bought
> http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Bright-XtraFlex-Music-Light/dp/B001U4M45Y
> I like them a lot because they don't mess up my blackouts.
*** How so? Are they better shielded? I hate most music stand lights
because thyey have no rear shielding and expose the light sources to the
audience when musicians are on a raised stage. Even when they don't
expose to the audience, they still vomit light all over where I don't
want it.
> The musicians seem to like them too. I think they might light the
> pages more evenly than the traditional ones. I haven't been the one
> dealing with the batteries.
*** Are they LED? If so, what is the colour rendering like? Are they
dimmable?
> You may need to change them every 10 shows or so, but I really don't
> know. The thing that worries me is people walking off with them. We
> put the music director or stage manager in charge of collecting them
> each night.
> David
*** Good plan. (-:
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David McCall
"Atlantic Illumination Entertainment Lighting" <ai...@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote
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> David McCall wrote:
>> We bought a set of lights similar to the one Duncan bought
>> http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Bright-XtraFlex-Music-Light/dp/B001U4M45Y
>> I like them a lot because they don't mess up my blackouts.
>
> *** How so? Are they better shielded? I hate most music stand lights
> because thyey have no rear shielding and expose the light sources to the
> audience when musicians are on a raised stage. Even when they don't
> expose to the audience, they still vomit light all over where I don't
> want it.
>
music stand and then aim one of them at the left page of music, and the
other at the other page. The light is pretty much contained to the page so
there isn't any "extra" light to spill all over the place. They are nowhere
near as bright as normal music stand lights, but all of the light is focused
on the sheet music from a much better angle making the music easier to read
than with normal lights.
>
>> The musicians seem to like them too. I think they might light the
>> pages more evenly than the traditional ones. I haven't been the one
>> dealing with the batteries.
>
> *** Are they LED? If so, what is the colour rendering like? Are they
> dimmable?
>
idea what the color rendering is like. Ours run on batteries so no, they are
not dimmable. There are versions that will take a "wall wart" power supply,
but I wasn't too keen on all of those skinny little wires running all over
the place.
Atlantic Illumination Entertainment Lighting
> "Atlantic Illumination Entertainment Lighting" wrote:
> > David McCall wrote:
> >> We bought a set of lights similar to the one Duncan bought
> >> http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Bright-XtraFlex-Music-Light/dp/B001U4M45Y
> >> I like them a lot because they don't mess up my blackouts.
> >
> > *** How so? Are they better shielded? I hate most music stand lights
> > because thyey have no rear shielding and expose the light sources to the
> > audience when musicians are on a raised stage. Even when they don't
> > expose to the audience, they still vomit light all over where I don't
> > want it.
> >
> They are like having 2 little spotlights on flexi-arms. You clip it to the
> music stand and then aim one of them at the left page of music, and the
> other at the other page.
*** Ahh, yes, I have seen those.
> The light is pretty much contained to the page so there isn't any
> "extra" light to spill all over the place. They are nowhere near as
> bright as normal music stand lights, but all of the light is focused on
> the sheet music from a much better angle making the music easier to read
> than with normal lights.
*** Yes, I agree.
> > *** Are they LED? If so, what is the colour rendering like?
> > Are they dimmable?
> >
> They are ordinary white LEDs. Sheet music is black and white, so I have no
> idea what the color rendering is like. Ours run on batteries so no, they are
> not dimmable.
*** The ones I saw reflected a little too much light for my taste. It's
OK for a few musicians, but for a large band or an orchestra, the total
page reflection spill levels can become pretty high.
> There are versions that will take a "wall wart" power supply,
> but I wasn't too keen on all of those skinny little wires running all over
> the place.
*** I believe the ones I saw used power supplies.