KTV / System KTV  (1959 April)
Strand

Len Legget at Strand System KTV (1963)

First dimmer system with fully automatic plotting of lighting & switchboard controls.
Known colloquially as 'Klonk'

Documents

M394 Klonk Prototype 1 Gen 
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From Strand Slide Archive

M395 Klonk Prototype 
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From Strand Slide Archive

Photo: System KTV (December 1959)
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From Frederick Brown Collection

1961 Lighting for Entertainment - page 18 (1961)
From Strand Archive

1963 Lighting for Entertainment page 19 (April 1963)
From Strand Archive

1971 Stage Lighting (p.14) (October 1971)
From Strand Archive

Catalogue & Journal Entries for KTV / System KTV in the Backstage Heritage Collection

Automatic Plotting and Recording of Lighting Changes (1959)

The Evolving Dimmer Rack (1993)

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