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Re: Umbrellas gone wild

Subject: Re: Umbrellas gone wild
From: Jim Lee <>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:00:03 -0400
Ok, so it is not quite a safari. As a matter of fact it is not much 
beyond my backyard. But it is a small umbrella! I can only imagine what 
a large one would do. http://www.bambooturtle.us/ParabolicMicrophone.html

Jim

Charles Bragg wrote:

>       In the past I've heard mention of using an umbrella as a 
> reflector/substitute for a parabola. I'm going to be in New Guinea for a 
> month and am wondering just how much I would be giving up be leaving my 
> non-folding parabola behind. I know what I would be getting with an umbrella 
> - dual purpose, easy to pack and to carry - especially considering the other 
> stuff I will be carrying. Is there anybody out there who has really done this 
> "on safari" so to speak?
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>       -- Chuck
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>Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
>Membership Chair
>Newsletter Editor
>Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
>www.smbas.org
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg 
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-- 
Jim Lee - Bamboo Turtle Studio
http://www.bambooturtle.us/
919 682 5853
audio art, gourd sculpture,
lighting design, and forensic audio
Co-Curator: upstART Gallery
http://www.upstartgallery.com




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