Pat Draine, At 07:59 12/04/2000 -0500, you wrote: >> Almost everyone asks if I have enough light and >> > if I'd like a Coke or glass of water. > >And there is almost never enough light, is there!? ><snip> >What do you do -- depend on the customer for illumination or do you carry >your own? If all I am doing is tuning, all the light I need is enough to put in my strip mute. I have had to use my Maglite to do even that on a dark stage here on campus when I've had to tune at 5AM and the cleaning crew hadn't yet turned on the lights, but after it is stripped I can do it in the dark . ;-} I figger I'm getting in training for when my eyes give out completely... I can't recall _any_ of my private customers not providing plenty of light when I requested it, many _do_ ask if I have enough. I have a clamp-on reflector light which I'll bring in if I have to do extensive work under the keybed. (like putting in new plastic elbows ;-) >PS Thanks to the X-Files & Jim Harvey for introducing me to the mini Maglite. Speaking of Maglite... I recently got a new toy for my AA size Maglite. It is a flashlight accessory!?! (I never would have thought that a flashlight _needed_ an accessory.) It is a 5 1/2" x 1/8"(140 x 3mm) flexible fibre optic tube which slips over the lens. It's fun getting light _inside_ of an action and not having to deal with the normal shadows. I found it at an outfitting store (Gander Mountain) for less than $5US, but it should be available other places. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) Education is the best defense against the media.
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