8LCA - Cantinella

Wooden battens for scenography

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Teatro Sociale of Como Example of use of the Wooden battens in the installation of the parts of a black Stage masking.Because of their structural limitations ...

... the Wooden battens require a multiplication of the suspension points, compared to the structures made with Aluminium trusses, and are also weaker than the Tubes for stagecraft.On the other hand, they are endowed with an immediacy and flexibility of use which, in many cases, make them irreplaceable.

Fashion show ''MFW'' The Wooden battens are indispensable in temporary installations that must be installed and disassembled in record time.The one in the picture was set up before dawn, used and dismantled at the end of the same day ...

... as is the case with many fashion shows.The skill and experience of the fitters are essential, but the use of simple and versatile traditional accessories such as the 4L - Wooden block, the 3C - Hemp rope and the Wooden battens is very helpful.

Polyvalent Center of Brusaporto Cantinella used as a fixed Top batten of a light valance used to mask the track of a small Traveller curtain.

Set of a videoclip The background was quickly set up by fixing some gold HLU - Lucilla fabric with a staple gun to some Cantinelle.The upholsterer used the stretched fabric, draping the vertical fullness at the time of installation.

Presentation Melbourne 2010 Cyclorama for frontal projections made of PBO - Bianco Ottico.It extends along three sides of a square plan for 46.2 m, it is 3.4 m high and it was quickly set up on the site of the event by building a Wooden frame with Wooden battens.

The Cantinella is a softwood rod used to frame light scenographic elements and for countless other scenographic uses.
It is often used with Manual fly lines where, supported by textile ropes usually bound with a clove hitch, it acts as a Top batten for fixing modest loads such as wings, borders, backdrops, light screens and frames with a width normally up to 4 m, which can be overcome by joining the more segments with a special procedure.

Composition

deal wood

Length

4 m

Section

50 x 25 mm

Weight

± 650 g / m
± 2.600 g per unit

Available colours

see colour chart

Availability

by the piece

Colour chart

This material was used for...

Fashion show ''MFW''

Fashion

Polyvalent Center of Brusaporto

Curtains for multi-purpose settings

Presentation Melbourne 2010

Events

Set of a videoclip

Cinema, TV, Ads

Teatro Sociale of Como

Curtains for historical theaters

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