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Illuminated graphic display - $8,000 (Hawkins Co, northeast TN)
151 V. H. Berry Road
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
one of a kind
model name / number:
n/a
size / dimensions:
98" x 50"
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Artists Gallery in Rogersville for several years. They are
now packed in a large sealed wooden carten. The panels are
approximatly 8 feet 4 inchies wide by 4 feet 4 inches high.
They were constructed while I was living in Pittsburgh
approximatly 1980. I had one hanging in the bed room and
the other in the living room. The back side of each has an
opening accessing a continuous steel rod along the full
length to facilitate wall mounting. Several steel brackets
are provided with each for wall nounting.
Each of the panels includes a series of 7-1/2 watt clear
incondessent lamps which are wired in pairs so as to act as
voltage dividers which applies 60 volts to each bulb causing
them to glow like candles. The lighting system is
controlled from a wooden cabinet that includes a two
position four pole transfer switch. In the first position
the bulbs operate under the influence of an adjustable
dimmer switch whereupon all glow at the same intensity from
about 10 to 60 volts as shown in the photos. This mode may
then be manually adjusted by the operator. In the second
position the display is controlled by an audio (musical)
input which is divided into four individually controllable
outputs through a four channel color organ. A popular
device with the Hippies of the 70s, thus causing the lamps
to dance with the beat of the music based on the four
adjustable audio frequences choosen by the operator at the
control consol.
For obvious reasons neither construction may be shipped
commercially. It is the Buyers responsibility to make
arrangements to collect the work here including provisions
for the necessary manpower. No less than two good strong
fellows are required. The constructions will slide out of
the vertical storage cabinet, they are resting on a series
of rollers.
Construction A has seven panels each with two rows of seven
polished brass door knobs and a row of six lampe. The
center panel features two rows of cut crystal glass door
knobs, again with one row of six lamps. This construction
was designed for maximum optical effect. The polished brass
knobs being somewhat akin to flatened spheres, thus each
knob reflects the light from all adjacent lamp’s. Since
thepolished knobs are curved sphereical surfaces the
reflections are seen from any point of view by all
observers. Likewise, the polished 1-1/2 wide copper frame
work is negitively curved and thus acts as a reflector of
all the lamps within the construction, again from any point
of view. The panels are covered in colored velvet and the
wooden support frame is mahagony, I think!..In the color
organ mode the panels are wired in a concentric balanced
pattern with the two outer most panels on one channel, the
two adjacent toware the center on a second channel, the next
two adjacent on the third channel and the central panel on
the forth channel. The corners are reinforced with sections
of painted steel angel iron with thick polished brass plates
brazed to their face. The estimated runniing time on the
color organ electronics package is about 40-50 hours while
in Pittsburgh and 5-6 hours while at the Local Artists’
gallery in Rogersville. All remaining run time was on the
dimmer switch. The price of Construction A is $8,000 cash
only.
Construction B is more along the lines of an item of
furnature. The bureled wooden elements were origionally a
fine upright piano and are arranged in more of an eccentric
rather than balanced design. The right and left panels
consist of two rows of nine cut crystal door knobs flanking
a row of eight lamps mounted on a deep burgandy colored
crused velvet background. There two panels function as one
channel of the color organ. I always used that as the base
beat. From left to right the second panel includes two rows
of antique white porcelyn door knobs again flanking a row
of eight lamps mounted on a more pink than red crushed
velvet background. This panel functions as the color
organ’s second channel. The panel right of center includes
two rows of nine antique black porcelyn door knobs flanking
a row of eight lamps. This panel functions as the color
organ’s third channel. The centeral panel includes two rows
each of eight lamps flanking the center bureled panel
including a carved framework with a single row of brass door
knobs, six smoothof different diameters and four with
victorian style patterns mounted to brass brackets
positioned on a baige crushed velvet background. A somewhat
projected element of zebra wood trimmed in polished brass is
attached on the right edge. The centeral panel functions as
the color organ’s fourth channel. The two sections of the
piano’s keyboard cover are attached on the right and left
edges of the construction. They are trimmed with brass and
mounted such that they project about eight inches from the
face of the constructions. The frame is a one by four inch
solid black walnut plank with steel reinforced brass trimmed
corners as with construction A. The price of construction B
is on hold for the moment. I really like it and if I can
figure out how to stuff it into my tiny cabin I may just
keep it.