While I expected the usual jokes...I appreaciate the few ideas that trickled out. I will look into them today.

this thread isnt dead yet

I did a few funeral homes around NYC. You can add door boxes to the phone system with integrated door releases and just add the video.

LMFAO@QQQ

Is this where that "My Last Sony" joke goes?

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Now THAT is funny.

The Elan Z600 would work to trigger a door release and the unit will generate a door bell sound through a amplified speaker or sound system. Triggers on the unit can be used for a video switcher. You can start a conversation wiht the door station from any phone, or wait for the button push.

Dofan, I have been dying to get a job like that.

I started a job at a funeral home once, but never went back & never got paid. I didn't care , the whole thing just creeped me out. The people that wer'e in charge wer'e way too much like the car salesman type I'd dealt with for years doing expeditor stuff in car audio. A big slick fat guy with a Texan accent. Something about the whole deal just blew me out. My Mom died 10/30/05 & I had to deal with the same type of crew & make all the arrangements. Two different salespeople worked you over. Just like buying a car. What an industry. Erik

I've done a few funeral homes (all for the same company) in the last few years, and it has been a bit strange sometimes. Of course the people who work there are more than a little strange, so I guess it's to be expected.

When I first met the gentleman who ran the show I was shocked when he gave me the okay for the job, then immediately paid in full, up front, with 33K cash....And yes, I mean a bunch of $100.00 bills. A big pile of them!

It was multiple cameras, wireless mikes, distributed audio and recording equipment.

The main idea was to be able to record a funeral to VHS, with multiple microphones for the bereaved to pass around the room, so they could all have their comments recorded for history. In addition, there were multiple microphones for the possibility of recodring "barbershop quartets" who would be singing the praises....

And then there were the covert cameras required to prevent theft.

Sounds wierd, but this man apparently got very wealthy with this dog and pony show thing.....

I don't know if I would be willing to accept a tradeout on this job...
But other than that, most funeral homes spend money on distributed audio systems. I had the unfortunate experience to bury a close childhood friend who passed at 40, and the family compiled some favorite songs from Led Zep, Aerosmith, Rush, etc. which were played at a low level for the visitations. I have to imagine that this was a multi-zone system, because I cannot imagine the older parties in the other rooms were also into these bands.

I had an opportunity to buy out a retiring 30 year veteran commercial sound guy about 10-11 yrs. ago (when I was a young whipper-snapper) and he showed me his list of clientele which included many of the mom & pop funeral homes in the outlying areas of N. Illinois...

Maybe it's a niche market that the savvy integrator can wrestle away from the pro sound guys??

The right place for that is really hard to figure out, because it goes just before this one....