From: r.capik@worldnet.att.net   
      
   Doug Cunningly wrote:   
      
   > < ...snip.. >   
   >   
   > Hi Ron. So you're the guy in that little booth in the back! You do a   
   > fantastic job. The sound in the new place is flawless and every string   
   > comes through. The elementary school had awful acoustics, glad to see you   
   > were able to get it right.   
      
   Thanks. Yes, that's me, the guy in the back. It took a lot of time and   
   effort to get the hall's sound to it's current level and in my mind it's   
   still a work in progress. I started with an unfinished untuned system   
   [Seems something like the day after the new building opened the sound   
   guy got ticked off and walked out. I was in the audience, someone pointed   
   me out as a sound person, asked me to help out for the night.]   
   anyway, I've upgraded most of the sound system, added time corrected   
   zones and done a heck of a lot of tweaking. I guess my efforts are paying off.   
   As I was being introduced as the new sound guy one of the musicians said:   
   it's so nice of you to give up every Saturday night for the rest of your life   
   to do   
   our sound, ...little did I know, the rest is history.   
   ...and speaking of history, I tripped upon "Albert Hall" well after the fire,   
   when   
   it was in the school. Yes, the school had horrible acoustics and [IMHO] the   
   sound guy didn't have the technical chops to help the situation. Seems all   
   the old archives were lost in the fire. Sadly I have no first hand knowledge   
   of the old days. Off in the background we're working with the Smithsonian   
   on an archive project to help prevent another archival loss.   
      
   > < ...snip.. >   
   >   
   > It's a tough place to get to for a New York City person, or I'd be down   
   > there a lot more.   
   >   
      
   For what it's worth, we have a bass player from Brooklyn who shows up   
   nearly every Saturday.   
      
   >   
   > At least we still have Washington Square Park to play in. For a little   
   > while anyway, until they start the construction that they only have half   
   > the money for. Some bluegrass folks appear on Saturdays and Sundays there.   
   >   
   > Doug   
   >   
   > P. S. I'm crazy about that woman that plays the dulcimer. But I'm sure I'm   
   > not the only one :)   
      
   That would be Carol Ann Sweet of the Sugar Sand Ramblers. They're at the hall   
   about once a month. < http://olnet.com/sugarsandramblers >   
      
   Later...   
      
   Ron Capik   
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