<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">=</span></font>On May 11, 2020, at 9:11 PM, John T. Cotton via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">One of the regional companies I freelance for still has a pile of Wenger Type C Showmaster. I have made a it a condition on my gigs that I don't touch the stuff. I had enough when I was much younger. That said, gotta give it credit for durability, and Wenger is still making parts for it. It also weeds out the weak. ;-)</span></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>I have liked the Wenger Versalite 3000 system but my pit filler based on it is finally failing after 25 years. I have humped my share of Showmasters over the years. I still rent them on occasion to extend my stage but I certainly don’t move them as easily as I did 30 years ago. If I were going with all new risers I would certainly consider Stageright.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Greg Bierly</div><div class="">Performing Arts Center Manager</div><div class="">Hempfield High School</div></div></div><br class=""></body></html>