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JR Clancy’s Updates iRigging iPhone App

Written By: Justin Lang on March 30, 2010

Looks like JR Clancy just updated their iPhone app, iRigging. The first noticeable difference is the lacking of the Metric version of the App. When JR Clancy first released their iRigging app, they had two versions, one for Metric conversion and one for imperial conversion. Well, with the new update to iRigging, JR Clancy combined [...]

JR Clancy Rigging Report – Powered Fire Curtains

Written By: Justin Lang on January 7, 2010

JR Clancy just released their latest Rigging Report and it has to do with some big changes made to Powered Fire Curtains standards. There are two new fire curtain standards in force, and both of them require powered operation for many more curtains than in the past. NFPA 80 Standard for Fire Doors and Other [...]

JR Clancy Introduces iRigging iPhone App

Written By: Justin Lang on December 8, 2009

I was blown away this afternoon when I received an email from JR Clancy announceing their latest product, iRigging. It is an iPhone app for figuring out rigging calculations and information. Here is more from the press release: It’s never been easier to get the equipment data you need for proper installation and operation of [...]

JR Clancy Introduces Altus, A New Rigging Control

Written By: Justin Lang on November 19, 2009

I love the opening line to JR Clancy’s latest Press Release.. What kind of a system do you want controlling the heavy scenery over your students’ heads? Easy, something that won’t fall on them, or me! But seriously. JR Clancy is introducing a new, powerful rigging control called Altus at the LDI Show. More from [...]

JR Clancy Introduces New 56 Series Loft Blocks

Written By: Justin Lang on October 29, 2009

Just When you thought that there couldn’t be any new advanced in stage rigging, JR Clancy announces a new 56 Series of Loft Blocks. JR Clancy has rethought their most dependable, no-failure 55 Series of Loft Blocks and made some improvements to bring the 56 Series to life. The 56 Series offers some new features: [...]

JR Clancy Rigging Report: The Ghost Light

Written By: Justin Lang on October 9, 2009

This weeks JR Clancy Rigging Report brings us yet another Superstition that we theatre people take to heart, the Ghost Light. While the Ghost Light has a practical use while the stage is dark, there is a deeper meaning behind it. Most theatres have a ghost. This fact is known from high schools in Iowa [...]

JR Clancy Rigging Report: Theatrical Superstitions & Missing Catalogs

Written By: Justin Lang on October 1, 2009

This months JR Clancy Rigging Report mentions something that almost every person in theatre knows about, but talks very little about it, Theatrical Superstitions. Why do we do such things? Why does a pitcher on a winning streak on wash hit uniform? It’s all about doing what ever it takes to keep winning or to [...]

JR Clancy Introduces New SureBrake II on PowerLifts

Written By: Justin Lang on May 15, 2009

We recived a Press Release from JR Clancy that they have developed a new Braking System for the PoweLift hoist system, SureBrake II. The SureBrake II increases the safety and reliability by having a faster acting load brake to catch any failure before a batten becomes a runaway. Read more from The Press Release: PowerLifts [...]

JR Clancy Announces New Batten End Caps

Written By: Justin Lang on May 7, 2009

JR Clancy Recently announced the release of a new Batten End cap that allows flexiable numbering of battens. The new batten end cap allsows rigging ops the ability to quickly and easily number and identify battens from the deck or the grid. More from the Press Release: The bright yellow plastic end caps cover the [...]