Fly System

Fly System Picture

Reinhart Auditorium is equipped with a double-height fly system, controlled from the ground. We have 31 battens, but some have lighting fixtures, curtains, and other devices permanently hung on them. Here is a chart of what is currently hung where:

Number Current Load
1 Red Act curtain
2 Red header curtain & three hanging microphones
3 Striplights (Red, Green, Blue - in 3 sections - 9 circuits
total)
4 1st electric - typically contains twelve 1000 Watt Fresnels
- Electric provided by striplights (#3)
5 Sound Clouds / Houselights - serves as worklights, can be
either vertical (out of the way) or horizontal. (serves as acoustical
reflection device)
6 Black leg curtain
7 (empty)
8 Black teaser curtain
9 Black traveller curtain
10 Striplights (Red, Green, Blue - in 3 sections - 9 circuits
total)
11 (empty)
12 (empty)
13 Black teaser curtain
14 Black leg curtain
15 (empty)
16 Sound Clouds / Houselights - serves as worklights, can be
either vertical (out of the way) or horizontal. (serves as acoustical
reflection device)
17 (empty)
18 (empty)
19 Striplights (Red, Green, Blue - in 3 sections - 9 circuits
total)
20 (empty)
21 Rear-projection screen
22 (empty)
23 Teaser
24 Sound Clouds / Houselights - serves as worklights, can be
either vertical (out of the way) or horizontal. (serves as acoustical
reflection device)
25 (empty)
26 Black leg curtain
27 Striplights (Red, Green, 2 sets of Blue - in 4 sections - 16 circuits
total)
28 ?
29 Cubes (multi-colored cardboard boxes on rotation mechanism for backdrop use)
30 Black traveller curtain
31 Sky drop / cyclorama (light blue in color)