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MANAGERS AND PROJECTIONISTS 1197
wee pomeranian be made to emit a Newfoundland hark, or vice versa.
This is set forth as illustrative of the necessity for a careful, painstaking, intelligent attendant in charge of such devices. Also as indicating the fact that the best effects may only be had by either a careful rehearsal of each production, or by the use of some high grade cueing system.
In addition to the "barking" records, there are available others carrying records of running trains. Trains starting and stopping. Horses galloping or trotting. Soldiers marching, and so on through a rather long list, but it cannot be too strongly emphasized that such records must be used carefully and with good judgment.
RENTAL. — Records may be purchased, or they may be had on a rental basis the same as films. Exhibitors may secure a regular cued record service. These are now being put out by responsible parties, and are being constantly improved. Scoredisc, page 1220, is an example.
METHOD OF HANDLING A SHOW.— The method of handling a show is as follows, with some possible variations: As has been said, there are two or more turntables, which may or may not both run continuously. If a cued service is available, then the attendant has only to follow the cues closely. If not, then, the production having first been rehearsed, and a cue sheet made, records No. 1 and No. 2 are placed on turntables Nos. 1 and 2.
Presuming the first two scenes to be, respectively, a deathbed scene and a circus scene, the record on table No. 1 will be soft, slow music, such as would be appro