[MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help please....
We just purchased one of these from our Canadian neighbors, seems to be very well made And easy to clean... http://www.stoplisten.com/pdfs/gorilla_handset.pdf Doug Melven Information Technology Systems Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture 2316 West First Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 (509) 363-5341 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Holly Witchey Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 4:22 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Cc: Tom Hood Subject: [MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little helpplease Dear List-Servers: Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated with equiment to be used by many. Anyone got any cunning ideas as a delivery mechanism that will satisfy the needs of both parties. Did I mention there's a recession and we aren't looking to mortgage the farm for this one? Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. Director of New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Telephone: 216-707-2653 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help please....
Dear List-Servers: Our head of exhibitions would like to install a few (3 count 'em) listening stations in a special exhibition this summer. Our head of design doesn't like the look of big old headphones hanging from the wall--and our customers often suffer from a fear of germs associated with equiment to be used by many. Anyone got any cunning ideas as a delivery mechanism that will satisfy the needs of both parties. Did I mention there's a recession and we aren't looking to mortgage the farm for this one? Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. Director of New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Telephone: 216-707-2653 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org
[MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help please....
We have had a lot of good results with sound cones. Is that a possibility for your installation? They are affordable and easy to install/manage. We use them in our African and Native American Galleries and special exhibits. The Tech Museum in San Jose did an exhibition about four years ago in which they built their own sound domes -- sound tubes, really -- in-house. They worked just as well as the commercially available sound domes for a fraction of the cost (I'd guess around $200 vs $2k). Attached is an image (assuming that the MCN listserv doesn't get all fussy about image attachments) in which you can see three of the sound tubes hanging form the ceiling (I've overexposed the image so you can actually see them). The trick there was to have enough vertical space to make the tube long enough to work. I'd imagine if you were working with a drop ceiling you could hide part of it in the ceiling to reduce the overall visual impact. -bw. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology Denver Art Museum / 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 office: 720.913.0159 / fax: 720.913.0002 bwyman at denverartmuseum.org
[MCN-L] If not a big set of headphones than what? A little help please....
Attached is an image (assuming that the MCN listserv doesn't get all fussy about image attachments) ...turns out the listserv does get all fussy. If you want to see the image of the soundtubes at the Tech Museum, here's a link instead - http://support.denverartmuseum.org/soundtubes.jpg. -bw. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology Denver Art Museum / 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 office: 720.913.0159 / fax: 720.913.0002 bwyman at denverartmuseum.org
