Rain drum Kortrijk
type: Item
Field: sound, music and amplification
Type of information: equipment
context: It took seven years to deliver the machine due of the second World War, where Kortrijk was more or less in the centre of the batle field.
context: The machine has some rope guides on the side of the drum. There are severla theses on what they could be used for: remote control, where the machine is on the bridges, but controlled from the ground floor; connecting two machines (the theatre has a similar wind machine); changing the sound by letting a rope slip in the guides; or controling the machine with pedles or a bike like control for long scenes.
Part of collection: City theatre Kortrijk (BE) [Kortrijk]
Manufacturer: firma Van Riel
Construction date (equipment): 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
Canon image ID: 3643
Canon image ID: 3641
Canon image ID: 3642