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There are some ingenious and very useful tips here but I noticed that most of the examples are from Europe. The situation here is so encumbered with insurance, fire marshall and liability concerns that few temporary cable rigs can be deployed. If you can get permission/access to any lighting trusses, well and good but Union halls want their guys doing the rigging, which they'll do for a fee and don't expect them to adjust anything later. As for drilling holes in concrete or timber, that's a six-month committee project for a permanent rig, but although it is possible, you'll probably just end up with a couple choir mics positioned in front of the altar for church concerts and they won't call you back to record (sad but seen after Katrina renovations). Open air gigs here seem to be more flexible about Heath-Robinson contraptions so this thread is worthy of a stickie.
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WalterT
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