@Sam31955 Scenic braces, scenery braces, flat braces. Pre-date French braces.These have been hanging on the wall forever. They have been used for many things but what are they and what were they originally used for? They all have the ends in the photos and a clamp so they expand in length. View attachment 17226 View attachment 17227 View attachment 17228 3 photos included.
@RonHebbard hit every term except the correct one: stage brace. Used to maintain a Flat, Broadway 's vertical erection. Also required is one stage brace cleat and one stage screw per.
... 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?")
I have a few of these, I used to use them to bang focus a PAR64.
I have a few of these, I used to use them to bang focus a PAR64.
It takes a "special" talent to use the forked end to remove/insert an unreachable gelframe.they're pretty sweet to use from the floor.
It takes a "special" talent to use the forked end to remove/insert an unreachable gelframe.
@SteveBRemove, yes, done that. Insert ?, I never got THAT good at it.
@SteveB
Step one: You lower the new frame in behind the existing frame, this makes it much easier to accurately land in behind all of the frame retainers.
Step two: You catch the original frame and hook it out. Easy when you type it fast.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard
I have a few of these, I used to use them to bang focus a PAR64.
The fact that "bang focus" is not in the wiki seems like a gross oversight...
stage brace. Used to maintain a Flat, Broadway 's vertical erection.
@TimMc I'm waiting for @Ancient Engineer to explain brine dimmers to us along with how he erected the pyramids before he sat down to eat his dinosaur sandwich.Grandpa, where did the dinosaurs go?
Well they were with the old stage hands that knew what resistance dimmers were, and how to strike and reset a box set during intermission...
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