Trinculo's Attic: Michael Brown, production designer for Grizzly Bear’s international tour, contacted us a few weeks ago with what seemed like an impossible request: he needed 20 DMX-controlled winches built and ready to go on tour in a matter of weeks. We sketched out some designs, called around to make sure we could get all the parts we needed in time, and gave him a quote for the job. After some discussion (they didn’t actually believe that what they were asking for was possible), they accepted our quote and we were underway.
3 comments:
Very impressed with Ben and everyone at Trinculo's attic. I think these little winches could be very useful to theaters. Imagine a theater with a small yet versatile space, a show that requires one or two gags or automated rigging effects, yet doesn't have the time or resources to implement them. Reeve this winch, daisy chain it into your channel hook-up and you're good to go. I think we could use these for our smaller shows we do in the Rauh where we might not have time to pull all the Nav gear out.
Some really well-thought out work has been done on these custom-designed motor controllers. I appreciate how well-documented everything is, and was able to completely understand the process Ben and Trinculo's attic went through to come up with the final design. If the winch itself were to be condensed into a smaller footprint or more unified casing, I could see this being an extremely marketable product for budget productions or a great introduction to motor control for any live performance.
I'd be very interested to see a price point on these winches, or the 2nd generation of. Like Matt said these would be great for small gags, but even for quick masking solutions, a curtain on a track or sliding door for a reveal or something. Theses tricks are often two small to throw into your large rig, and not worth the time of using pneumatics and it could potentially solve personnel issues for shows/theatres that are tight on crew.
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