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Saturday, February 23, 2008
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13 comments:
We used this tent for Billy Martins' Big Top Circus in 1996.
The Ticket Box/Office Semi looks like the one that we used.
Nice photo.
Bill Galloway,Rochester,NY
Great looking top. What is/was the size?
Isn't this the same tent that the Riding Fool purchased and immediately had it painted to a medium hue of Palmetto Purple?
Ben,
The tent was 85' or 26 meters in diameter, with a trellis in the apex instead of a cupola.
Billy Martin and his partners purchased the equipment from us at the end of the 1995 season. Tommy Hanneford purchased it from them.
This photo is from 1990, thanks for sharing Mike. This was our first date in New York state.
When I telephoned for our New York state permits, the secretary at the Division of Safety and Health, thought she had placed me on hold and proudly exclaimed to her boss, "I've got a circus guy on the phone calling for his permits 6 months in advance instead of two days, can you believe it!" At that point I realized my permitting would not be a problem.
Erik Jaeger
Thanks, Eric. Have seen several of these two masted tents in 18-20 meters manufactured in Germany. They look great. Elegant on some lots.
When I saw the inside of the tent I thought, "Hmm a little Big Apple enviornment with a first-class seating system; the lighting and performance A+."
If anything, this show was just a little bit ahead of its time.
Eric, it would be great to hear from you - MikeNaughtonCircus@gmail.com
This style tent with the peak pulled up in the center between the two main poles is frequently seen in photos of European shows of the very late 1800s on. Can you tell us something of its workings and advantages since this is what you, as a tent person, decided to buy? Many thanks in advance!
Dick Flint
Baltimore
Walker Brothers Circus has a tent similar though larger, with the peak pulled up between the center poles. Believe it's made by Ferrari! I think it's 120x 80 hip roof.
Dick,
Great question for Erik.
The inside of the tent, with its sight lines, space, seating, lighting was an ideal setting for a one ring circus.
I thought it was an ideal set-up for a classy one-ring circus.
I was sorry to see the operation sold and sold, again.
Dick,
The tent choice was more a matter of "looks over logistics". It was a different look we could bring to smaller towns. I was actually inspired after seeing a similar designed tent, in the Wim Wenders film "Wings of Desire", although that one was a 4-master.
Elaine and I can credit the Big Apple Circus, after working there, for the quality we tried to project. Ours was definitely a "Non For Profit" operation, although not by our intentions!
John Walker's tent was built in Italy by AtreAlban, using Ferrari material. It is a rounded-square end tent 82' x 121' (25 meters x 37 meters).
Erik Jaeger
Erik, were there logistical problems with the tent, or was it that logistics weren't a mjor factor in design? What company did the manufacturing?
Erik,
Some follow-up questions about the tent (by the way, does it have a style name?): Would a tent of this design restrict the height (thus effectiveness) of aerial acts since the bale ring is lower than the maximum height of the tent? What are the measurements for the main pole, height of bale ring, and center peak? Certainly, though, some high acts can use what would be called outdoor rigging. Since this style tent was seen frequently on medium and smaller European tent shows a century ago, it supports my impression from what I've read that those shows were stronger on ground acts, thus height would have been less of a concern in purchasing a tent years ago. Would this style tent also mean you could support a slightly wider middle piece when the round end wasn't so large? How does it compare in terms of labor and time needed to set up/tear down? And does anyone have an interior view they can share on the blog?
Dick Flint
Baltimore
Dick and interested parties,
The tent was logistically easy to deal with, crew of six and three hours later you were built-up, it raised off of and lowered onto a trailer in between the two masts. The late Butch Troyer of A-1 Tent in Sarasota built this tent, he commented that I was the only one who ever brought him their own drawings.
As far as style, I always referred to this tent as a 26 meter round 2-master with a trellis. Our European historians might enlighten us, as to the style name.
All aerial act rigging attached to the trellis, giving aerial acts a good height and impression, the peak was 32'. At various times we used single traps, webs, cloud swings and cradle acts. It would not have accommodated a flying act. Tino Wallenda walked his wire, rigged to the masts, over the top of tent, for his Sarasota date. The masts were 45'. I will check my archives for an interior photo.
Erik Jaeger
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