JTMcQuay
Member
Hey all,
So a Theatre I'm working at has some JBL Cabaret 4612B Loundspeakers that were mounted to a pipe which runs vertically and parallel to the walls at FoH. The cabinets were mounted by using Chain Link Fence Brackets, expanded and affixed to the back of the cabinets (going around the pipe) with stainless steel Deck Screws. (about a 1/2" long). Three such brackets were used per cabinet. This is how they have been mounted for evidently the last 25-30 years. We recently had to take them down and have the tweeters replaced, and now that we've got them back, I'm fighting to prevent them from being remounted in the same fashion...
I am wondering, could a steel tophat be installed in the bottom of the cabinets, and a proper pole mount bracket be used to mount them. I'd probably also be looking to attach some anchors to the top with a plate and eyebolts to provide for safety cables.
Are there any other ways these could be mounted safely... my major concern is that IF anything were to happen and one of these were to fall... I don't want it to be said we didn't take every precaution to mount them safely and correctly.
Thanks.
John
So a Theatre I'm working at has some JBL Cabaret 4612B Loundspeakers that were mounted to a pipe which runs vertically and parallel to the walls at FoH. The cabinets were mounted by using Chain Link Fence Brackets, expanded and affixed to the back of the cabinets (going around the pipe) with stainless steel Deck Screws. (about a 1/2" long). Three such brackets were used per cabinet. This is how they have been mounted for evidently the last 25-30 years. We recently had to take them down and have the tweeters replaced, and now that we've got them back, I'm fighting to prevent them from being remounted in the same fashion...
I am wondering, could a steel tophat be installed in the bottom of the cabinets, and a proper pole mount bracket be used to mount them. I'd probably also be looking to attach some anchors to the top with a plate and eyebolts to provide for safety cables.
Are there any other ways these could be mounted safely... my major concern is that IF anything were to happen and one of these were to fall... I don't want it to be said we didn't take every precaution to mount them safely and correctly.
Thanks.
John