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" Mechanical design for the stage / "
Alan Hendrickson, Colin Buckhurst.
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BL
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958866
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b713236
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Hendrickson, Alan.
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Mechanical design for the stage /\ Alan Hendrickson, Colin Buckhurst.
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Focal Press,, ©2008.
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xvi, 430 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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024080631X
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: 9780240806310
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-426) and index.
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"Scenic effects involving rotating turntables, tracking stage wagons, and the vertical movement of curtains and painted drops have become common in both Broadway and Regional theatre productions. The machines that drive these effects range from small pneumatic cylinders pushing loads of a few pounds an inch or two, to 40 horsepower winches running multi-ton scenery at speeds 6 feet per second or more. Usually this machinery is designed by theatre technicians specifically for a particular show's effect. Compared to general industry, this design process is short (often only a few days long), it is done by one person because design teams are rare, and it is done in the absence of reference material specifically addressing the issues involved. The main goal of this book is to remedy this last situation. The book's emphasis is an following standard engineering design and construction practices, and developing machines that are functional, efficient to build, easily maintained, and safe to use"--Jacket.
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Machine design.
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Stage machinery.
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Machine design.
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Machine design.
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Stage machinery.
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Stage machinery.
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792.02/5
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PN2091.M3H46 2008
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Buckhurst, Colin.
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