Klarinet Archive - Posting 000251.txt from 2005/03

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] excessive amplification
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 01:29:39 -0500


I attended Phantom of the Opera in San Francisco in a small theatre. The entire pit orchestra was miced in this "closet". The sound was tinny. There was a hiss and presence that really destroyed the performance. It was too loud and wrecked the sense of theatre. My ears were ringing, and it was a really disagreeable way to spend an afternoon.

Kurt

In my current gig (a local production of a Broadway musical) I am playing
oboe, seated next to the trombone, who is in front of the drumset. As we opened
the dress rehearsal, the drummer kicked it up, shall we say, a couple of
notches, to the point where I involuntarily jumped out of my seat.

"But it says "fff"," he said, unapologetically.

This, in a teeny-weeny theatre, where the pit band has been put in the wings
instead of the pit, so as not to drown out the vocalists.

Susan

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