Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 2002/11

From: "Tim Roberts" <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] page turns
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:18:48 -0500

On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:06:17 -0500, Nick Simicich <njs@-----.com> wrote:
>
>At 06:16 AM 2002-11-06 -0700, William Semple wrote:
>>Something tells me that seeing an array of flat screen monitors on a stage
>>at Carnegie Hall will somehow spoil the view . . .
>
>I thought about this, and, well, were I designing this product, I would
>make it look like a music stand. Paint it black. They would be about the
>same angle and size as the current music stands.
>
>There is no reason to make it look like the current flat screens. Nor to
>put them in the face of the players - they could be put where sheet music
>is now. But the far future (10 years) may be roll-up monitors
>or unfolding
>monitors that look exactly like a music book or trifold. You unfold them,
>and put them on a music stand.

About two years ago, I posted this very idea on this list as my "dream"
environment. At the beginning of each piece, the director could download the
music to the digital stands as required. Today's technology would even allow
one to use a stylus to make annotations that could be remembered with the
image.

The benefit of silent and consistent page turns would by itself be worth the
price. And, actually, we are not too far from this today.

As soon as I can get a business plan and some venture capital...

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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