Klarinet Archive - Posting 000428.txt from 2003/11
From: "Blake Arrington" <klarinetteman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] No more page turns
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:34:13 -0500
Dan,
Any clue if this is what Harry Connick's band has been using? I remember
seeing the big band on a New Year's Eve special 3 or 4 years ago and they
were talking about the computer screens all the band members had so they
don't have to turn pages.
Thanks and Happy Turkey Day,
J. Blake Arrington
Graduate Student--University of North Texas
Principal Bass & Eb Clarinet--Irving Symphony Orchestra
>From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: "klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: [kl] No more page turns
>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:56:49 -0800
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>The local newspaper in my town, "The Los Altos (CA) Town Crier" announced a
>new product by a local company that will eliminate forever your need to
>turn pages, but it costs a fortune.
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>See www.freehandsystems.com
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>which consists of a personal computer tablet designed for displaying sheet
>music while leaving the hands free for playing. (I'd rather have one that
>plays and I'll turn the pages, thankyou.)
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>Runs on batterys that last 3 hours and costs $1195. It turns pages either
>with a foot pedal or else a quick tap on the screen.
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>See page 48 of the Nov. 26, Town Crier at www.losaltosonline.com for a
>picture of the stand. It holds 5,000 pages and more with an expansion kit.
> (I don't think that's enough for either Mahler 6 or Strauss' Frau Ohne
>Schatten.)
>--
>Dan Leeson
>leeson0@-----.net
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