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Rigging Forum
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Industry leaders discuss standardizing motorized rigging systems and why you may want them.
I've been wondering: Why there isn't I more standardization in the motorized rigging industry? Especially when it comes to control, usually the most expensive single item on a motorized rigging quote. So I asked some of the people I know in the rigging industry for answers. Here are their comments, along with some of my own. Seems like there's more out there than I realized.
I first spoke...
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Because it's ...stagecraft!
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