[SML] what movers are in your house?

[Bill Conner]

Funny. To me demoing - in construction - is demolition.  Couldn't figure
out why you were demolishing movers. :)

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Hi again
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> As I said, I’m demo-ing some movers.
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> I’m wondering what people have installed in their venues and what they
> like / don’t like about them.
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> (how did you choose your units?)
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> What do you have, and how many?
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> What’s their purpose or location in your venue?
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> Were they a successful investment?
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> Would you buy them again?
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> What do you like about them?
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> What DON’T you like about them?
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> If you were given approval to buy something now, what would you buy this
> time?  Why?
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> Which units are maintenance-heavy or maintenance-costly, vs. long life?
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> (I find it’s soooo confusing.  There are soooo many companies and movers,
> and then movers within a production family)
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> Chauvet, Robe, Martin . . . .  . .
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> Looking for movers to eventually install in the catwalks in my 1200 seat
> concert hall
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> Fan noise is a LARGE concern
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> I want some with shutters, some without, and of course theatre dimming,
> good colour rendition, etc.
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> Beyond that, the gobos/animation/prisms/iris/focus/zoom are all just toys,
> and every unit has them
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> Built-in wireless DMX is looking useful
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> Need power capped at 1000w, so I can get at least 2 per circuit (120v only)
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> I’ll probably request some smaller units as floaters, tossed out onstage
> for the haze/aerial effects, but with small fans / less power needs.
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> Thoughts?
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> Thanks everyone.
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> *Andrew M. Riter*
> Assistant Technical Director, Head Lighting Technician
> Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
> The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
> 6265 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada
> Phone 604 822 2372
> andrew.riter at ubc.ca
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