I’ve also been working on mounting systems this week. After the testing I did with Martha Mason and Wendy Richmond last weekend, I’ve been trying to improve the mounting system and and the pulley supports so that the rope stays on the pulley. Martha pointed out that a dancer needs vertical space to work in as well as horizontal space. By opening the pulleys into a triangular formation, I was able to give her the vertical space she longed for.
I bought some pulleys from the hardware store and tried mounting them to the Super Clamps. Mounting them was easy, but as I discovered today, the pulleys are not right for my system. They introduce far too much friction and acoustic noise. They really take something away from the quality that the system had before.
I also experimented with ways of mounting the pulleys that allow me to adjust them easily. While I liked the way the pulleys look when they’re mounted with the pipe running through them, this will be difficult to construct. For now, I think I’m going to stick with the super clamps.
