<div dir="ltr"><div><div>One more fun bit of info I found on the subject of pit netting and covers is from Monona Rossol. She wrote a presentation piece for USITT which has all sorts of useful information. Monona has written several books on theater safety including <i>The Artist's Complete Guide to Health and Safety </i>and <i>The Health and Safety Guide For Film, TV and Theater.</i> She is also a frequent contributor to the Scenic Artist's Forum. Her paper,<i> Fall Protection for Stages and Theaters</i> can be found here: <a href="http://s15.a2zinc.net/clients/USITT/USITT2013/Custom/Handout/Speaker0_Session445_1.pdf">http://s15.a2zinc.net/clients/USITT/USITT2013/Custom/Handout/Speaker0_Session445_1.pdf</a>. <br><br></div>I've learned an awful lot from her books as well as just hanging out as a fly on the wall in the scenic artist's forum.<br><br></div>Keith<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">FWIW, we have no pit, but we do have a marimba that's too big to fit the elevator to bring up from the band room to the stage... we have to walk it around the building an extra 150' or so...<br>
Then, we have to lift it up onto the stage, because our elevator stops at house level...<br>
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On December 17, 2014 12:09:36 PM Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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On 12/17/14 2:34 PM, Keith Newman via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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> I find it hard to believe that we can easily<br>
> justify an automated lift with the exception of trying to minimize man<br>
> hours (including both set up and moving of instruments throughout<br>
> rehearsals from practice spaces to the stage. If it is in the budget, I<br>
> won't fight against it so long as it is done correctly and safely.<br>
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Make friends with the music teacher, or whoever is in charge of the<br>
instruments. Remind them how difficult it will be to get pianos,<br>
tympani, marimba and harps into a pit that has no elevator. Aim them at<br>
the budget people and watch the fur fly. :)<br>
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Ok, maybe that's an oversimplification, but you've raised a very good<br>
point. There's a safety issue both on behalf of the instruments (some<br>
of those can be pretty pricey) and whoever is trying to move the upright<br>
piano into the pit for rehearsal. It's not just the pit filler that is<br>
a labor and safety issue.<br>
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