Film 2000, the building of the Stage Bus

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	2000 the building of the Stage Bus II
	For six weeks Engineer Aart Marcus and René van Helsdingen and Luluk Purwanto worked day and night. Designing and rebuilding of The Stage Bus II email: aartmarcus@upcmail.nl Aart and René were assisted by other artists: Ben Schröder (drummer) - drumfloor, Walter Lampe (pianist) – priming Ramses van Veldhuisen – sanding Hans Tims – installing sound equipment, Josta Obbink – dusting Berend van de Berg (pianist) - sanding Arjen de Graaf (violinist) sanding Chris Peck – piano repair and tuning M. van Royen – piano tuning Herman Carstens - Sound system Painting of the Stage Bus: Gelijn Markus The Grandpiano was supplied by Clavis Pianoservice BV, Amsterdam, Holland The Stage Bus was purchased at Bovo Tours, Roelofarendsveen, Holland PA system purchased at Heuff, Sound & Vision, Maarsbergen, Holland Stickers/ letters, Signing, commercial Signing by Schouten Zeefdruk BV, Wageningen Financial support by Munich Records, Wageningen.		Aart Marcus stripping the bus

			Cutting the side speaker weight: 120 kg. ,can be lifted to the roof by a cable system and an electro engine recovered at a ship yard
			Cutting the side. In 1999 this bus had stickers on the side with the names of all the cities where performances where held.


			cutting through steel
			the side coming off
			Making the Stage suspension repair re-inforced by steel bars
			installing the frame work
			electric wiring/ steel cable system installing cables and canvas support
			stage-frame

			welding the hinges
			system-design (dummy)
			sanding the stage floor
			steel plates
			dummy
			Gelijn Markus and Aart Marcus plaster repair-back door
			Painting compressor
			masking
			black coating
			painter at work masking
			sanding
			sanding
			Ramses sanding
			the working place

			plaster
			final result

			Piano the keys only
			sanding the legs
			painting the piano legs
			repairs
			primer
			primer
			the piano on stage
			Soundsystem Studio room, back of the bus mounting the speaker system and cables
			Aart / mixing console
			speaker inside the bus, with the stage closed
			creating the drum-floor
			Sound engineer's Lunch time
			Luluk on the roof
			Wil Schouten
			signing the roof
			signing the logo
			signing the roof top
			working on the canvas
			Wil Schouten at work
			the tent/ canvas waterproofing
			attaching the canvas
			mounting and measuring

			adjusting
			mall / canvas dummy
			pulling and adjusting
			the ship yard (junk yard)
			special Walter Lampe
			Aart and Rene
			eating what he just created decoration work
			Wil Schouten and Job Zomer view inside the bus stage closed/ canvas folded
			Job Zomer presenting the final product
			Luluk and Josta
			Josta cleaning up
			Luluk sanding
			attaching strips