200 Amp Student Sound Stage Equipment List

Recommendations for equipping a standard student stage.

List of Equipment:

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• Lamps & Stands
• Grip
• Mounting
• Cable
• Exterior Locations
• Real Locations
• Stage Dolly

 

THE LIST:

LAMPS & STANDS

• 2 – Type 5291 8" Juniors with two-leaf barn doors, 5-piece diffusion sets (1 each: full double, full single, 1/2 double, 1/2 single, gel frame), 2 type 410138 stands
• 8 – Type 2831 Baby Babies with two-leaf barn doors, 5-piece diffusion sets (1 each: full double, full single, 1/2 double, 1/2 single, gel frame), 8 type 40651A stands, and 4 type 28310 five-in-one snoots
• 4 – Type 2801 Mini Moles with two-leaf barn doors, 5-piece diffusion sets (1 each: full double, full single, 1/2 double, 1/2 single, gel frame), 4 type 40651A stands, 2 type 28060 snoot sets
• 6 – Type 2921 1K Nooklites with four-leaf light shield, accessory holder, and 3-piece diffusion sets (2 full doubles and 1 full single), 2 type 40651A stands. Note: Use 500 Watt EDF globes
• 4 – Type 2271 Molepars with 6 piece diffusion sets (1 each: full double, full single, 1/2 double, 1/2 single, and 2 gel frames), 4 type 3641 Super Husky Baby Stands. Note: Use narrow spot and medium flood globes

GRIP

• 12 – Century Stands
• 2 – Hi Roller Stands
• 2 – Meat Axes
• 2 – Bear Traps (also called Mini Meat Axes)
• 4 – 48" x 48" Open Frames (flat aluminum)
• 2 – 18" x 48" Cutters
• 4 – 24" x 36" Flags (2 with side pins for Meat Axes)
• 2 – 24" x 36" Cuculoris
• 6 – 18" x 24" Flags
• 2 – 18" x 24" Double Scrims
• 2 – 18" x 24" Single Scrims
• 2 – 18" x 24" Silks
• 8 – Clip Flags
• 6 – Full Apple Boxes
• 4 – Half Apple Boxes
• 4 – Quarter Apple Boxes
• 6 – Sand Bags
• 1 – Grip Cart (with milk crates)
• 2 – Electric Carts (with milk crates)
• 1 – Set of Ladders: 4', 6', 10' (fiberglass)
• 2 – Furniture Pads

MOUNTING

• 8 – Baby Nail-on Plates
• 10 – 6" Baby C Clamps
• 2 – 12" Baby Bar Clamps
• 2 – Baby Heavy Duty Side Arms
• 2 – Baby Trombones
• 2 – Junior Wall Plates
• 2 – 8" Junior C Clamps
• 2 – Junior Offset Arms
• 2 – Junior Wall Sleds
• 4 – Junior to Baby Adapters
• 2 – Trapeze

CABLE

• 1 – 200 amps fused wall-mounted breaker box with two Type FC258G 100 amp female grounded pin plugs
• 2 – Type 500-1104 Y adapters 100 amp male grounded pin plugs to two 60 amp female grounded pin plugs
• 8 – 50' #6/3 60 amp grounded pin plug extensions Type FC257G female and Type MC257G male plugs
• 4 – Type 5001774 Six Hole Household female to 60 amp grounded male pin plug
• 16 – 25' #12/3 20 amp household extensions
• 8 – 50' #12/3 20 amp household extensions

Note:

• All lamps listed are Mole Richardson
• All lamps to have household plugs
• All lamps to have boxes or bags for diffusion
• Power Source of 200 amps at 120 volts
• Add another 200 amp set up, one high, one low, for a total of 400 amps — if you can afford it.

FOR EXTERIOR WORK

• 4 – 42" x 42" Reflectors with stands and box
• 1 – 12' x 12' Overhead Set (1 each: frame, silk, solid, single scrim, double scrim, griffolyn, bag and 2 Hi-Roller stands)
• 8 – Sand Bags
• 1 – Doorway dolly with balloon and track wheels
• 6 – 8' sections of dolly track
• 1 – 4' section of dolly track
• 2 – Boxes of wedges
• 2 – Boxes of cribbing
• 1 – 6' Parallel complete
• 1 – Umbrella and stand

REAL LOCATIONS

Add to basic list the following equipment:

INTERIOR

• • 4 – Sets of 2" x 4" wall spreaders
  • 6 – 4" Baby C clamps
  • 8 – Cardillini clamps

  MISC

  • 2 – 1K pocket dimmers
  • 2 – 600W pocket dimmers

  MOUNTING FOR PIPE GRID SYSTEM

  • 18 – Baby pipe clamps
  • 2 – Junior pipe clamps

DOLLY FOR THE STAGE

A long-term lease of a Chapman or Fisher crab dolly would be nice. Costwise, you will be better off buying a used Moviola or MacAllister crab dolly.