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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you have a spare audio amplifier around you can do it fairly cheaply using this method. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://chsounddesign.com/ringmaster.php">http://chsounddesign.com/ringmaster.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>But as a sound designer I have to say I really hate making phones ring live on stage. You have no control over the volume of the prop, how the ringer sounds and invariably the prop “they” bring in doesn’t work or doesn’t work well and reliable. For this reason and many others, I almost always just hide a speaker on the set and play a recorded phone ring out of that speaker. If I didn’t tell anyone, most people wouldn’t even know the difference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>But the Tele-Q is really the easiest way, if you just have to have the live prop. Perhaps you might find someone that has one that would be willing to rent it out to you for an affordable sum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Richard B. Ingraham<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>RBI Computers and Audio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.rbicompaudio.20m.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.rbicompaudio.20m.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org [mailto:neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Satola<br><b>Sent:</b> September 17, 2013 6:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> post@neohiopal.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [NEohioPAL] Making a phone ring on stage<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m in search of an affordable way to make a phone ring on stage. I’ve read up on the Tele-Q and the TRG12K from <a href="http://www.theatricalreality.com/">http://www.theatricalreality.com/</a>, but they are both rather expensive. Does anyone know how to make one, or does anyone have one that they would be willing to lend or rent to Garfield Heights High School for a November production of Steel Magnolias?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Chris Satola</b> – <i>Facility Manager<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Garfield Heights Center for the Performing Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>4900 Turney Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>216-662-2800 x52404<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:csatola@garfield-heights.k12.oh.us">csatola@garfield-heights.k12.oh.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>