[SML] FOH hang and focus safety improvement needed

[Bill Conner]

I don't know cost. Years ago I had a 20 or 30' diameter circular catwalk
truss and iirc in the $25,000 range. Maybe a straight stick is $10,000??

I could imagine this would be possible on stick framed walls.

I don't know elevations but if deck is 11', maybe under side is 9 or 10',
perhaps ok when parked over last row of seats. Too many things I don't know.

Access at heigth is always tricky. The track system could be overhead with
truss suspended or on a kind of shelf off the wall.

The solution could be simple and not too expensive compared to genie and
straddle, but design work is far from trivial.

On Nov 22, 2017 11:43 PM, "Bill Nelson via Stagecraft" <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> > Just for an off beat approach, aluminum truss catwalk that spans the
> room,
> > a rail on each side wall, and store catwalk against rear wall when not in
> > use. Now you can get to whole ceiling, as many battens as you wish, house
> > lights and all.
>
> The last row of seats is only a few inches from the back wall. That would
> mean
> that the catwalk would be over the heads of the audience.
>
> It would certainly be the easiest to use solution, if the side walls would
> take the load without reinforcement.
>
> Any idea what the cost would be for 25 foot to 30 foot span?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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