Re: tesla coils in entertainment: was- Shocking Event

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Mike, David,
                A friend of mine in a rock band doing AC/DC covers 
asked me whether they could feature one of my coils on stage during 
their performance. I had to tell them that there wouldn't be room for 
both on stage at once and that I might additionally be in for a bonus 
for fixing their gear after the firing.

:)
Malcolm

 
On 6 Oct 2001, at 16:27, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 10/5/01 7:05:05 PM Central Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes: 
> 
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> >
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> > <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com> 
> >
> > My band was considering starting up our show with one.  Might be a good
> > stunt, 
> > but it might be more trouble than it's worth.  Still thinkin' on this one. 
> > Mike 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike, all, 
> 
> Funny that you mention using a Tesla coil for a stage prop 
> for a musical band. I recall seeing a couple of music videos 
> (Luther Vandross and Milli Vanilli?) not sure? that showed 
> discharges from a Tesla coil. As a matter of fact, one of the 
> videos showed streamers and the large Tesla coil that was 
> producing them. Of course this was images on a video and 
> did not involve a "live" coil in the presence of a large crowd 
> of fans. 
> 
> Just a thought, 
> David Rieben
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