What is it? #034 : Stage Brace Hanger

[erosing]

While #3 IS a possibility, it is not the intended use.

So for those of us that saw the post that was mod'd out, was that the correct answer?

 

[MPowers]

So for those of us that saw the post that was mod'd out, was that the correct answer?

# 3 was "Something to wap the fly person with when they mess up?" and no that's not the right answer. ( I didn't know there was a post mod'ed out?????)

 

[gafftapegreenia]

Was this ever used with a stage jack/flat hardware?

 

[MarshallPope]

Maybe it's a wall pick point? Or something to store sandbags?

 

[wolf825]

I am, going to say its a dog or cleat for a line....

Another person next to me is saying its a wire or line guide....


-w

 

[Blacksheep0317]

Considering its Clancy and Im gonna go with mid 20th century manufacture Im going to say its a type of rope guide. Most likely for light duty rigging, bringing all your cable picks to one central section of fly rail perhaps?

 

[Van]

Oh ! That's a diamond and Triangle holder. It's for holding Diamonds and Traingles.

 

[LXPlot]

I'm not sure what it is, but I'm pretty sure you could send DMX through it if the spirit moved you to.

 

[JChenault]

This is obviously Clancy's attempt to break into the lucrative market for Karesansui rakes. They felt that a cast iron constructon would leave a better imprint in sand than the wooden dowel models provided by their japanese competitors.

(Humm - should we start a thread for unlikely tongue in cheek answers to the QOTD ?)

 

[MPowers]

Maybe it's a wall pick point? Or something to store sandbags?

I am, going to say its a dog or cleat for a line....
Another person next to me is saying its a wire or line guide....

a type of rope guide. Most likely for light duty rigging, bringing all your cable picks to one central section of fly rail perhaps?

Oh ! That's a diamond and Triangle holder. It's for holding Diamonds and Traingles.

I'm not sure what it is, but I'm pretty sure you could send DMX through it if the spirit moved you to.

This is obviously Clancy's attempt to break into the lucrative market for Karesansui rakes.

All good, or at least "Interesting" guesses, but no brass ring so far.

 

[MPowers]

gafftapegreenia asked:

Was this ever used with a stage jack/flat hardware?

You are on the right track!

 

[mjw56]

So its flat hardware...and from a rigging company...How about an adjustable top hanging iron?

 

[avkid]

Is the pictured orientation how it would be found in the wild?

 

[MPowers]

Is the pictured orientation how it would be found in the wild?

Except for Eric's hands, yes!

 

[dramatech]

Could it be a wall rack for hanging teh older style "stage jacks"?

 

[STEVETERRY]

Even though I've built something that serves the same purpose, I never would have gotten this one in a million years. Submitted by MPowers.

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I'm giving myself an exemption from QotD rules, since this is clearly not an item from my area of knowledge.

I'm guessing here, but how about an adjustable hanging iron for a flat to allow precise positioning of the flat when hanging from two or more lines without having to move the lines?


ST

 

[venuetech]

for storing your stage braces

 

[derekleffew]

for storing your stage braces

JChenault, dramatech, and venuetech have all gotten it correct, although I'm not sure any of them are considered students. With the original picture, MPowers also provided this catalog page:

Hagen's Brace-Rack.

What I've done in the past: Count how many stage braces you have to store. Get a 2x4 twice as long in inches. Paint black. On the top edge, pound in a 12d finish nail until only 1" is showing. Repeat every two inches. On the face of the 2x4, paint a thin vertical white line lining up with each nail. Mount the 2x4 horizontally on the wall at +8' or so, slightly higher than your longest stage brace when collapsed. The white line indicates where the nail is, as you can no longer see it. Hook the hole in the stage brace's heel over the nail. The stage braces are now out of the way, and need not ever be thought of again. (Except to answer the young ones' question, "What the heck are those?")

 

[josh88]

Derek, is there a place to find the digital copies of the JR Clancy catalogs still? In trying to find out what this is I found the articles about digitizing all their old catalogs, but none of the links lead to anywhere but home pages now. I was thinking I'd like to look through and maybe frame some pages for the office.

 

[dramatech]

JChenault, dramatech, and venuetech have all gotten it correct, although I'm not sure any of them are considered students. With the original picture, MPowers also provided this catalog page:
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Hagen's Brace-Rack.

Derek, you are correct, that I am no longer a student in the formal sense. Yet I still am learning more about the theatre every day, thanks to this forum, the lightnetwork and every day working in a theate with big desires and very little budget. While I am certainly old enough and did use the old style stage jacks, I had never previously seen or worked with the hanger described. In my case, my response was strictly a lucky, yet logical guess. And yes, I have now added one more piece of knowlege to the brainpan.

Tom Johnson (dramatech)