{"id":280,"date":"2009-07-09T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T16:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:23:52","slug":"orchestra-shell-setups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/resources\/stage-setups\/orchestra-shell-setups\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchestra Shell setups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This setup uses the moveable Wenger acoustic panels to create a stage for an orchestra or an individual musician. The full orchestra shell is used for large orchestras and utilizes the entire stage space available. The short orchestra shell is used for soloist concerts or concerts with a limited number of musicians and utilizes only half of the stage space available. Occasionally the acoustic panels are rotated and used as legs to create entrances onto stage to create a more theatrical setup.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Photos &amp; Groundplans<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Full Orchestra Shell<\/h3>\n<p>Full Orchestra Shell groundplan (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Full-Shell-Groundplan.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<br \/>\nOrchestra Setup Template download (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/10\/Orchestra-Setup-Template-2021.10.15.pptx\">PowerPoint\/PPT<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2012\/09\/orchestra2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Orchestra setup\" src=\"\/tsai\/files\/2009\/07\/picture-1.jpg\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone wp-image-242 size-full\" height=\"512\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/files\/2009\/07\/picture-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/files\/2009\/07\/picture-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Short Orchestra Shell<\/h3>\n<p>Short Orchestra Shell groundplan (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Short-Shell-Groundplan.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8211;Groundplan with dimensions (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Short-Shell-Groundplan-with-Dimensions.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8211;Groundplan with cyc lights (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Short-Shell-with-Cyc-Lights.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8211;Groundplan with cyc lights and dimensions (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2026\/07\/Short-Shell-with-cyc-lights-dimensions.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2012\/09\/piano-short-shell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Short orchestra shell setup\" src=\"\/tsai\/files\/2009\/07\/picture-5.jpg\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone wp-image-243 size-full\" height=\"512\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/files\/2009\/07\/picture-5.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/files\/2009\/07\/picture-5-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Orchestra Shell as Legs<\/h3>\n<p>Orchestra Shell as Legs groundplan (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Shell-as-Legs-Groundplan.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8211;Groundplan with dimensions (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Shell-as-Legs-Groundplan-with-Dimensions.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2015\/05\/shell-as-legs1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tsai\/files\/2015\/05\/shell-as-legs1.jpg\" alt=\"Stage setup of orchestra shell as legs\" width=\"894\" height=\"597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2364 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/files\/2015\/05\/shell-as-legs1.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/files\/2015\/05\/shell-as-legs1-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOrchestra Shell as Legs groundplan (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Shell-as-Legs-Groundplan.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8211;Groundplan with dimensions (<a href=\"\/tsai\/files\/2021\/07\/Shell-as-Legs-Groundplan-with-Dimensions.pdf\">PDF <\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This setup uses the moveable Wenger acoustic panels to create a stage for an orchestra or an individual musician. The full orchestra shell is used for large orchestras and utilizes the entire stage space available. The short orchestra shell is used for soloist concerts or concerts with a limited number of musicians and utilizes only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1420,"featured_media":0,"parent":4240,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10005,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions\/10005"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tsai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}