Altman Lighting, aka Altman
Stage Lighting Co., is a manufacturer of Stage, Studio, Architectural, and Video lighting products. Located in Yonkers, NY, Altman is probably the second most well-known name in stage lighting, following
ETC. Before ETC's
SourceFour was introduced in 1992, Altman's 360, and from
1974, 360Q, series of ERSs dominated venues from Community Theatres to Broadway stages for about three decades. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) are currently hanging in the US with more still coming off the assembly
line every day.
A few other popular theatrical lighting instruments by Altman include:
Altman Spectra
CYC 50, 100 & 200W
LED Fixtures
Altman Phoenix
Ellipsoidal
Altman SPectra Strip 200, 400 & 600W LED Fixtures
Altman Spectra
Par & STar Par LED Fixtures
Shakespeare Series (Altman's
Source Four equivalent, comes in several fixed degrees as well as
zoom) and StarPar
65/Q 6"
Fresnel
The industry standard Altman Par 64 (and the not-as-popular 46 and 56)
Comet (Short-to-medium throw
Followspot)
1,000Q (Short-to-medium throw Followspot)
SkyCyc
R40
borderlight
ZipStrip
1KAF MBP/
MPF Die-Cast 6" Fresnel
Altman is a family company founded by the late Charles Altman over 50 years ago. The company is currently run by his son, Robert Altman. Altman has been active in the development of LED lighting fixtures, known as the Altman Spectra Series.