Bringing the late 19th century into the 21st century
A new version of Truckee's historic theater on the second floor of the Capitol building is once again open to the public. After months of careful renovation, Liberty Bell Smart Home and Alpine Electric CEO Mark Buzzard announced the opening of the showroom and theater to the public.
The theater's history dates back to 1870, when the Capitol was built, with Heard's Saloon downstairs and live entertainment upstairs. After the turn of the century, silent films were shown as well as live stage productions through the 1970s. Rumor has it that Charlie Chaplin once performed on the Capitol Theatre's iconic stage, Buzzard points out.
At the same time, the nature of the building and the historic elements of the venue posed several potential obstacles to the project that Buzzard and his team had to overcome.
“Dealing with the City of Truckee Building Department and historic district zoning regulations was the most difficult part of this project,” he recalls.
“There was also the fact that we were working in the oldest building in Truckee (built in 1870), which presented a variety of architectural challenges that we had to be very creative with.”
Acoustic room treatment requires accurate planning
The new Liberty Bell Smart Home Showroom features innovative and efficient security, electrical and smart home designs for architects, builders and clients.
With the help of our suppliers, the integration team was able to tell the story of the building's rich history and how it was transformed by bringing its technology into the 21st century. That required a lot of planning on Liberty Bell Smart Home's part.
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“Before we started, the building was just a wide open room. To get the theater acoustically correct, we basically had to build a room within a room,” Buzzard explained. Masu.
“I have to give credit to Jason Meyers at Control4 for introducing me to CinemaTech to make sure we did it right, and I’m so glad I did. CinemaTech is now , listing us as a partner and authorized showroom.”
Truckee Theater Project Showcases Liberty Bell Integration Capabilities
Renovations to the Truckee Theater included additional seating and the ability to host film, art, and literary performances.
“Offering this historic space as a gathering venue for community events in town is an opportunity to strengthen our relationships with existing customers and expand into exciting new projects,” Buzzard said.
Photo/Alpine Electric and Liberty Bell Smart Home
He said Liberty Bell Smart Home and Alpine Electric provide homeowners, in this case small commercial They point out that it gives customers a sense of security. And outdoors.
Recently awarded top volume seller honors in the Control4 region of Northern California, Nevada, and Southern Oregon, the team worked to design a comprehensive system befitting the historic building and other systems managed by the control system. We have installed countless subsystems. Among them is the Lutron HomeWorks QSX with a Palladiom keypad and shades to control the lights and shades. QTran, DMF, Lutron, Lucifer, Sonneman, and WAC luminaires. His AVs for Bowers & Wilkins, James Loudspeakers, Leon, Triad, Sonance, Marantz, Sony, Samsung, Stewart Filmscreen. Control4, Qolsys, Luma, Yale for security/climate/surveillance. Power from Torus and WattBox using Snap One's OvrC platform.
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