Any Atlanta stage folks here? I'm looking for stage lighting sources (rental companies, production units) that might be interested in a large lighting fixture that fell into my hands. In Atlanta. (for lighting pros: it's an Altman Orbiter followspot)
A couple years ago, the non-profit performance/gallery venue that I help run received a large donation of stage lighting, including a couple dozen elliptical fixtures. Those turned out to be too much for our little venue so we kept a couple and sold the rest off (with the donor's permission).
There was one unit that I didn't sell, that being the Altman Orbiter
followspot. This is a large spotlight mounted on a heavy-duty tripod, intended to be manned by a stagehand who turns the light around to follow the talent on the stage. Other similar but SMALLER models include the Altman Luminator and Altman Comet. I didn't sell it because it didn't light up at first, so I thought I'd apply my engineering-fu to it and make it work before trying to get a buyer.
In short order, however, I found out that these lights have high voltage circuits in them (i.e. 15,000 volts) and at that point I put the whole project on pause because I was going to need to be a lot more careful about dicking around inside the thing.
That was over two years ago, and it's still in my basement. OK, uncle, I'll just sell it and somebody who knows how to get it running will reap the rewards. It has a brand new, never-used light bulb (MARC EZT 350/16T) and I have a copy of the operation and maintenance manual.
Apparently these things are built like tanks and worth a bundle.
I'm not trying to sell it here at AskMefi, I'm just looking for some leads to people I can contact to see if they're interested. I'm not that interested in going the eBay route for this -- that's what we did for the ~20 ellipticals and it wasn't very successful. But pointers to stage lighting auction sites would be appreciated, especially ones that Atlanta folks gravitate to.
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I used to subscribe to the stagecraft list, but never had time to read everything, so I stopped. Lighting list I only know by association.
For Sale posts seem ok on the stagecraft list, as long as it is an individual selling to like minded folks working in the business. Major companies using the list as free advertising is a big no-no. Don't know about the lighting list, maybe search the archives or contact the list owner.
posted by sol at 5:58 AM on July 11, 2005