A System to Facilitate Hanging Lights

Jerry Limoncelli

 

Rehanging an established plot can be facilitated by using the system described here. Suggested materials are index cards and sash cord. First cut the sash cord to the lengths of each electric as indicated by the light plot and mark the centerline of the plot on the cord. Next measure out from the centerline and affx an index card to the sash cord to represent each instrument. Write specific information about the related instrument — its type, wattage, color, and circuit number — on each card.

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FIGURE 1

At load-in, tape the prepared sash cords to the battens, working from the centerline ...

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