Robin Trower
Using Worlds
Largest
P.A. System On Current Tour
Chryalis
recording artist Robin Trower will be carrying the largest pulic address
system ever made for the durtion of U.S. tour which begins next week.
The record shattering unit was custom built for the British guitarist
by Electrsound Productions in London. Such is the size and capacity of
the of the system that it will be "hung" in each concert hall by two specilly
built cradles, each capable of holding seven tons and lown by electrc star
pulleys.
Trowr's
power system is five way system covering the full audio spectrum of high
fidelity. It is comprised of 114 seperate JBL and GUASS speakers
and is powered by 36 Crown amplifiers. Part and parcel of the equipement
is a desk console replete with a 24- channel mixer unit, studio compressor
limiters and switchable frequency electronic crossovers. The monitor system
was likewise custom-built and constructed for Trower. Total weight for
the complete sound unit is 16 tons; the system requires no less than four
miles of wiring to become operational, and the road crew will spend nine
hours assembling the system.
Trower's powerful P.A. is being specailly flown from England in a chartered
TWA 707 jet and will be trucked to each of Trower's twenty-odd concert
dates by Clark Transfer in two 45-foot Air Ride Artics.