Instrument vs Fixture:When I hang things vertically I tend to really lock 'em off, as we don't safety them in that situation, so I've always figured it's better to mess up the pipe a little, to make sure it really stays on there.
My concern with sidearms is that in order to pan, you have to loosen the bolt on the yoke. I personally like to have an instrument secure when focusing it. I personally only like loosening the bolt on the yoke when it is on the ground.
On the positive side of things though that is the procedure I use when hanging an instrument (fixture? I still don't know what I should be callin' 'em), only I tighten a little much. I also employ the two man rule for most hanging, and for all instruments on our main slots. I feel the position is too hazardous to be accomplished by one person, especially with a very heavy KL, and a narrow and hot (aka sweat on hands) space.
On a continent far far away, I was brought up to describe the object as a "Lantern" or "Luminaire" began running into "Instrument" more recently. As far as I am concerned it's only a "fixture" if it's permanent and the glass thing inside that glows is called a lamp or a bubble.
Just locally at one theatre I worked we called ML's wobblies.
"Wobbley light technology." I've always liked that.
We had a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit here in 2001. I had 150 kids in my high school little theater watching a guest speaker. I was in the booth at the time. I watched and listened as about 25- 360Q's with 20+ year old C-clamps, hanging over the audience, banged together for about a minute. Luckily no c-clamps failed but I was sure glad I had safety cables.
I used to live in CA, I miss earthquake drills. I was 7 or 8, back when kids were small enough to hide under there desks....yes along with fire drills we have earthquake drills.
. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of her standing right beside our big black, white and red DANGER, Do not operate linesets without proper approval by our staff. SEVERE BODILY INJURY AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY RESULT sign.
That sounds like a problem easily solved with some wire cutters.
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