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| re: Slender, Medium and Stout Seating Options: Bring It Back!!! | |
| Posted by: pecansforall 09:14 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
| In reply to: Slender, Medium and Stout Seating Options: Bring It Back!!! - portenopete 01:18 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
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| I've worked with restoration of several theater houses and I've learned that each seat within any given row can have subtle width differences. The variance can be 1, 2, or 3 inches per seat in a given row. This is how the aisles line up so nicely. An architect with the seating company will receive blueprints of the theater and indicated on the drawings will be where the aisles will fall. On paper the seating company will go in and draw row by row and determine just how many seats per row and what width size each seat should be so that they line up at the aisle nice and evenly. This is also done in order to carefully stagger seats going back. The seating company usually has the width of the seat discreetly marked on the bottom of each seat, usually indicated by an "A", "B", or "C". When the seating rep finishes their paperwork the result would be indication that, for example, row A needs 9 "A" seats, 3 "B" seats, and 2 "C" seats. The next row might be 7 "A" seats, 4 "B" seats, and 3 "C" seats. It is barely visible to the eye but if you were to go to an empty row and move from seat to seat to seat you will quickly notice the width differences. | |
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| Thank you for that incredibly detailed reply! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 10:23 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Slender, Medium and Stout Seating Options: Bring It Back!!! - pecansforall 09:14 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
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| Thanks for backing up with facts what I perceived with casual experimentation when I'm alone in a theatre and have the opportunity to test out seats. The difference of even 1 inch to a theatre seat is noticeable and 3 inches makes one feel very comfortable. Why couldn't the box office couldn't identify those wide seats and price them accordingly? Of course average-sized people would probably snap them up as well for a greater degree of comfort, but at least there might be some improvement for folks like myself and keep us from having to fall on the mercy of the house manager. |
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| re: Slender, Medium and Stout Seating Options: Bring It Back!!! | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 09:48 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Slender, Medium and Stout Seating Options: Bring It Back!!! - pecansforall 09:14 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
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| And I think that some time in the last two or three years, an article in the Times mentioned that seats within the same theatre were often different widths. I don't feel like searching for it. I wish I'd just saved it at the time. | |
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