Project Profile: Binghamton Philharmonic Brochures Stand
Triple Cities Makerspace is one of many organizations in the Binghamton area which – among other things – aims to provide one or more kinds of public service; in the case of the Makerspace, its public service is typically educational, but we also have taken on the creation of a variety of specific projects for other such organizations. One of these organizations is The Binghamton Philharmonic, a local professional symphony orchestra which puts on performances of a variety of classical and popular musical pieces in different area venues, but whose home is the Broome County Forum Theatre in downtown Binghamton. They reached out to the Makerspace via email in mid-2018 to see if one or more members of the Space would be willing to create a brochure stand for the Philharmonic from the dilapidated remnants of a chimes stand. This brochure stand, once created, was to be placed inside the Forum whenever the orchestra would be playing, to hold pamphlets advertising the Philharmonic and its activities in an upright, visible position. Erik Leonard and Cliff Burger, the current president a