From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A 12.6-kilogram (28 lb) stage weight supporting a scenery brace.
A
stage weight
or
brace weight
is a heavy object used in a
theater
to provide stability to a brace supporting objects such as
scenery
or to stabilize items such as
lighting stands
.
[1]
Ingot
shaped stackable
cast iron
or cut steel weights are also used as
counterweights
of
fly systems
meant to hoist scenery away vertically when not in use. Such metal stage weights have largely replaced the older practice of using
sandbag
counterweights.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Harrison, Martin (1998).
The Language of Theatre
. Psychology Press. p. 259.
ISBN
0878300872
.