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Direct Operated Dimmer Boards

Model Features Year
Dead Front Board Four-colour scheme with master colour switches for each batten, footlights, etc.
First Dead Front board installed at Lilian Baylis' The Old Vic.
1924
Grand Master Board 56 ways
First installed in Halifax, second at The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
1931
Slider Dimmers
(A.C.Only)
Lightweight composition formers with off and full-on contacts. Graded resistance windings to dim-out any load between and including the wattages stated. 1963
Junior 8

The Junior 8 has eight channels each of 1kW maximum and four cordless dimmers as an integral part.

  • Slave 8
  • Master 8
1963

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