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<p class="MsoNormal">Good question, he did say he had a lift, which COULD be used to access the top of the arbor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All arbors have at least one eye at the top.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Indeed all loft blocks are not so equipped.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I see Bill Sapsis has joined the conversation with excellent advice, as always.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While I am not one to speak to actual best practices, but as he is here, assuming that a scissor lift weights about a ton, is lowering a baton and anchoring to the lift (someone suggested sandbags) as ‘pipe weight’? It has been so many
years since I was actually in the field, I was younger and let’s say “willing to take stupid risks” back then, I don’t know the proper answer here.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Barney Simon<br>
JC Hansen Co., Inc.<br>
629 Grove Street Ste 26, Jersey City NJ 07086<br>
201-222-1677 fax 201-222-1699</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Purdy via Stagecraft<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bruce Purdy <bpurdy@rochester.rr.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SML] Swapping Grand and Midstage Curtain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 26Feb, 2019, at 7:39 AM, Barney Simon via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Chaining off the arbor is imperative.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Out of curiosity … MANY school auditoriums I’ve been in have single purchase linesets with NO loading bridge (or grid). The blocks are simply hung from I-beams over the stage, with no
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>In such a case, I don’t see how you could chain off the arbors. If doing so is imperative, than how would the advice be affected?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://brucepurdy.com">http://brucepurdy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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