rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft

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Lloydj wrote:
> On Sep 9, 9:17 pm, Jack wrote:
> > Am looking to show some videos in a church gymnaium and need to
> > construct a temporary, cheap, large screen. I could use the old
> > standbye.. a bedsheet, but I am hoping to find something a little
> > larger. It seems virtually no white cloth is out there that is wider
> > than 8 feet without a seam that I can find.
> >
> > I even considered taping together a couple of strips of Tyvek, but it
> > is danged expensive.. and I am not convinced that the logo would not
> > show through.
> >
> > Any ideas????

> Rent the beast from a local AV source. I recently got a 10' x 12'
> with frame for a couple hundred a week. Even buying and sewing
> bleached white muslin that kind of width will cost much more than
> that, plus you've got to rig it. The obvious choice for acquiring
> such a piece of goods here in the US is Rosebrand- 800-223-1624 (NY)
> or 800-360-5056 (LA).

> Keep your sources close at hand.
> Lloyd

He's in the UK. From the source I mentioned, you could buy a single piece
of fabric the size you mention for under £70 - that's $140. Add the frame
and it's well under your price for hire (rent) and you own it at the end.

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