Microphone Stand "signs"?

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You've seen 'em on, for instance, old radio shows like the Grand Old
Opry - those things that seemingly clamp to the mic stand and carry
advertising or call letters...

Anyone know a) what they are _really_ called; (b) where a person could
get one (a kit?) or (c) plans to make one?

A cursory check through Markertek and the like turned up squat.
Much appreciate any input.

Scott

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Microphonic Limited wrote:
> You mean these?
> http://www.microphoneflags.com


No. I mean the thingy (I think that's the technical term) that
attaches to the mic _stand_...

Like the one shown in this pic...
http://www.lehighvalleycountry.com/OPRY24.jpg

>
> sshank@execpc.com wrote:
> > You've seen 'em on, for instance, old radio shows like the Grand
Old
> > Opry - those things that seemingly clamp to the mic stand and carry
> > advertising or call letters...
> >
> > Anyone know a) what they are _really_ called; (b) where a person
could
> > get one (a kit?) or (c) plans to make one?
> >
> >

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In article <1104850251.985937.179020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> sshank@execpc.com writes:

> You've seen 'em on, for instance, old radio shows like the Grand Old
> Opry - those things that seemingly clamp to the mic stand and carry
> advertising or call letters...
>
> Anyone know a) what they are _really_ called; (b) where a person could
> get one (a kit?) or (c) plans to make one?

I don't know that this has a name, but I saw one up close that's just
a thin wood panel painted with the call sign which has a couple of
metal clips attached to it that look like the sort of clips that you
can buy at a hardware store for hanging up a broom.

Go look around at a hardware store and you should be able to make your
own kit and plans in short order.



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In article <znr1104861549k@trad>, Mike Rivers <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote:
>In article <1104850251.985937.179020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> sshank@execpc.com writes:
>
>> You've seen 'em on, for instance, old radio shows like the Grand Old
>> Opry - those things that seemingly clamp to the mic stand and carry
>> advertising or call letters...
>>
>> Anyone know a) what they are _really_ called; (b) where a person could
>> get one (a kit?) or (c) plans to make one?
>
>I don't know that this has a name, but I saw one up close that's just
>a thin wood panel painted with the call sign which has a couple of
>metal clips attached to it that look like the sort of clips that you
>can buy at a hardware store for hanging up a broom.
>
>Go look around at a hardware store and you should be able to make your
>own kit and plans in short order.

You can get modern mike flags that go around the base of a handheld front
address mike from Markertek.

If you want the sandcast brass flags that bolt to the top of a 77DX or a
44B, Wes Dooley can get them.
--scott

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In article <k8OdnZsXx649hUbcRVn-ow@omsoft.com> nopsam@nospam.net writes:

> You just gave him the plans. I was gonna sell them to him.

I figure that anybody who asks for plans for a thing so simple he
could figure out how to make one really needs plans. Go ahead. Make a
buck.

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In article <znr1104890249k@trad>, Mike Rivers <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote:
>
>In article <crf5kv$2u9$1@panix2.panix.com> kludge@panix.com writes:
>
>> >> - those things that seemingly clamp to the mic stand and carry
>> >> advertising or call letters...
>
>> You can get modern mike flags that go around the base of a handheld front
>> address mike from Markertek.
>>
>> If you want the sandcast brass flags that bolt to the top of a 77DX or a
>> 44B, Wes Dooley can get them.
>
>But he asked for something different. I just wasted 15 minutes with
>Google trying to find one of the classic photos of the Monroe Brothers
>or Hank Williams or Uncle Dave Macon behind the microphone with the
>Grand Old Opry vertical sign to post a link and I can't believe that
>in this vast Internet, I couldn't come up with it. And I'm not gonna
>scan one of my record albums just for this.

If you want one of those, try your local trophy and sign shop. I am sure
they'll be happy to engrave one on plastic sheeting for you.

Be sure to get a "YOU ARE IN ____city name_____" sign for the monitors too.
--scott
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:34:33 -0800, Richard Crowley <rcrowley7@xprt.net>
wrote:
>
><sshank@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:1104852555.763919.26960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Microphonic Limited wrote:
>>> You mean these?
>>> http://www.microphoneflags.com
>>
>>
>> No. I mean the thingy (I think that's the technical term) that
>> attaches to the mic _stand_...
>>
>> Like the one shown in this pic...
>> http://www.lehighvalleycountry.com/OPRY24.jpg
>
> Those were likely created by the props department.
> Use is so miniscule that seem doubtful that anybody
> is in business making them. It is almost trivial to make
> your own as others have suggested.
>

They're just cardboard.

Every few months, a network would have a couple thousand printed.

For a theatre production I did a couple months back, we ran off a dozen
on an inkjet printer on the off chance we'd need a new one for each
performance.

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> Like the one shown in this pic...
> http://www.lehighvalleycountry.com/OPRY24.jpg

I thought you meant something like this:

http://www.balboafeet.com/pics/billmonroe.jpg

Rob

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Thanks to (almost) everyone who responded. Well, only one or two people
really. I received a private reply from someone who's figured out a set of
simple 0ff the shelf parts to build one.

I'm a decent musician and a novice recordist. I am not mechanically
inclined and simply did not want to spend a lot of time screwing around
that could be better spent practicing, playing out or recording.

I hope the derisive trolls had fun.

Scott