Band Board (Cyberamic)

The Band Board is a series of animatronic instruments placed onto two boards used in Pizza Time Theatre restaurants.

Each pneumatic movement, in which there were 11, would strike its instrument upon activation, meant to bring real instruments to the entertainment experience. Similar to the Clapper Board, Flag Wavers, and Singing Flowers, it was an effect outside of the main stage, allowing the performance to extend outside the bounds of it.

Placement
In the original Pizza Time Theatre store on Winchester Blvd, the Band Board, then called the 'Pizza Time Orchestra' was seen on a shelf beside Jasper T. Jowls amongst random objects. Some may have also been on the shelf near the back of the room next to Chuck E. Cheese and Crusty the Cat. In the next store located on Kooser Rd, the orchestra was placed on a shelf between Jasper and Chuck. This was above the doorway leading into the Cabaret room, though now without other objects to obscure the instruments or moving parts. It is unclear where it was located on the Portrait Stage, though on the Balcony Stage the Band Board was placed on a raised platform above Pasqually, opposite to the Warblettes.

As balcony stages were converted to Rocker Stages, the band board would be removed and assumedly destroyed.

Instruments
The instruments were split across two boards, the first board held the controller for all the movements, along with the:


 * Cymbal
 * Bass Drum
 * Snare Drum

The second board had two levels. The top level held the:


 * Large Pan
 * Medium Pan
 * Small Pan

And the bottom level held the:


 * Cow Bell
 * Large Block
 * Small Block
 * Tambourine
 * Triangle

Usage in Showtapes
The band board was highly used in the initial few years of showtapes, being used in almost every single song. This lessened over each tape, reducing from the main instrumental to just additional sound effects. The last showtape to produce new Band Board programming was Madame Oink III - "Tunnel of Love". Skit-Oink 3 Tunnel/Love W/XMAS was a rerelease of Oink III that included a new Christmas segment. This segment notably has no Band Board usage, making it the first segment to stop new programming for the board. Due to re-use of older segments, the last showtape to ever use the Band Board was Madame Oink IV - The Tune Machine.

Movements & Character Card
The Band Board was part of Character Card 6, which was dedicated to both it and the Clapper Board (Cyberamic). Later on in the R12 stage format, this would be replaced with A/V features.