The members of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra had to deal with inefficient incandescent lights in their musician stand lights. After they switched to LEDtronics Right-angle LED T10 Lamps, the Orchestra no longer has to worry about bad lighting holding back their performance.
In order to perform, musicians are required to read very small black notes on sheet music, most of the time in dimly lit venues. Musicians usually come from out of college, but they often continue to perform into their 70s and 80s when eyesight tends to weaken. "The ability to read music with good lighting is essential to their job," said Ian Harwood, vice president and COO of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. "If they can't read the music, they can't read the notes, and can't perform the concert. So lighting is critical for us."
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is the largest performing arts organization in the state of Wisconsin, and presents over 140 different concerts every year.
"We have literally been talking about better stand lights in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for 15 years," said Harwood. The Orchestra first tried out just a few LEDtronics LED lamps. The lamps worked so well that they replaced their entire inventory of incandescent bulbs with LEDtronics LED T10 Lamps. Harwood said they looked at several different options for replacing their lamps, and one of the options required replacing their entire stock of existing fixtures, "which are metal, very heavy duty, tried and true."
Harwood said the biggest and most important change they have noticed is no longer hearing musicians say, "I'm not getting enough light."
(Jim Evans)
