Drum Board (Cyberamic)

An original Band Board alongside other PTT animatronics.

The Drum Board (also known as the Band Board) is a series of pneumatic controlled percussion instruments placed onto two boards used in Pizza Time Theatre restaurants. Each pneumatic movement, in which there were 11, would strike its instrument upon activation, meant to bring real instruments to the entertainment experience. Similar to the Clapper Board (Cyberamic)|Clapper Board, Flag Wavers, and Singing Flowers, it was an effect outside of the main stage, allowing the performance to extend outside the bounds of it.

History

The initial inspiration for the Drum Board would be between 1970-1971, when Nolan Bushnell would visit the local Pizza & Pipes restaurant in Redwood City for inspiration on his burgeoning arcade restaurant concept. While the visit mainly inspired the need to have entertainment alongside the food, the mechanically operated instruments would later make their way into the first two Pizza Time Theatre stores on Winchester Blvd and Kooser Rd. Then dubbed the Pizza Time Orchestra, it was seen on a shelf beside Jasper T. Jowls amongst random objects.⁽¹⁾ When the Balcony Stage was created, the showroom dropped its filled shelves and placed the Drum Board on a raised platform near Pasqually, opposite to the Warblettes.

Usage in Showtapes

The Drum Board was highly used in the initial few years of showtapes, being used in almost every single song. This lessened over each tape, reducing from the main instrumental to just additional sound effects. The last showtape to produce new Drum Board programming was Madame Oink III - 'Tunnel of Love'. Skit-Oink 3 Tunnel/Love W/XMAS was a rerelease of Oink III that included a new Christmas segment. This segment notably has no Drum Board usage, making it the first segment to stop new programming for the board. Due to re-use of older segments, the last showtape to ever use the Drum Board was Madame Oink IV - The Tune Machine.

Internals

Movement Rosetta

The Drum Board was part of Character Card 6, which was dedicated to both it and the Applause Board. Later on in the R12 stage format, this would be replaced with A/V features.

Total Bit	Card Bit	Bit Name (C&R)	Bit Name (R12)
81	0	Cowbell	Audsel 1
82	1	Large Block	Audsel 2
83	2	Medium Block	-
84	3	Tambourine	-
85	4	Bass	-
86	5	Snare	-
87	6	Triangle	-
88	7	Cymbal	Video Select 1
89	8	Large Pan	Video Select 2
90	9	Medium Pan	-
91	10	Small Pan	-
92	11	Clapper Razzle	-
93	12	Clap	-
94	13	Elephant	-
95	14	-	-
96	15	-	-