"Thanks! I will check out your blog."

"Great! Thanks! I will check out the blog. May need some more guidance so thanks for the offer to talk more."

"Thanks for the reply!"

"Thanks for the reference Rich. You covered most of what I was going to say! I would add: -For the spooling / unspooling to work one rope wraps from the front and the opposite from the back. -In a top supported roll drop you have the…"

"Ah...the roll drop! Ok. So... You can roll down off a drum, roll up off a drum, or some combination of both. You need a really strong drum--usually aluminum tubing, roughly 5" diameter, depending on the width of your drop. (Anything heavier…"

"Worked with this situation on many tours and low ceiling or lack of fly space stages. You are talking about Olio drops.They were used in Vaudeville numbers that were performed between the acts of the principal show. In the early days of…"