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head blocks

Italian translation: rocchetti di testa

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English term or phrase:head blocks
Italian translation:rocchetti di testa
Entered by: Rosanna Saraceno

10:20 Feb 15, 2012
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Stagecraft
English term or phrase: head blocks
Il contesto: "The same arrangement can be observed in the Opernhaus Hannover, built in 1690. The grid was built in two levels; the upper level was for winches and drums, and the lower for pulleys and head blocks."

Grazie mille!
Rosanna Saraceno
Italy
Local time: 07:21
rocchetti di testa
Explanation:
...http://guide.supereva.it/lavorare_nello_spettacolo/intervent...
un secondo rocchetto, più grande, posto al limitare destro o sinistro del graticcio, detto rocchetto di testa, sul quale scorre il nostro tiro per ridiscendere verso il palcoscenico...
...tutte le corde, correndo lungo il taglio, si raggruppino sul rocchetto di testa (o su due/tre rocchetti di testa affiancati, se le corde fossero molte), così da scendere verso il palco tutte insieme ...

Corrisponde a questa descrizione (vista dal basso verso l'alto)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_system
The lift lines run from the top of the arbor up to the top of the fly tower, around the head block, across the stage to evenly spaced loft blocks, then down, terminating at the batten, a load-bearing pipe that spans much of the width of the stage.
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Laura Radaelli
Local time: 07:21
Grading comment
Grazie!
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rocchetti di testa


Explanation:
...http://guide.supereva.it/lavorare_nello_spettacolo/intervent...
un secondo rocchetto, più grande, posto al limitare destro o sinistro del graticcio, detto rocchetto di testa, sul quale scorre il nostro tiro per ridiscendere verso il palcoscenico...
...tutte le corde, correndo lungo il taglio, si raggruppino sul rocchetto di testa (o su due/tre rocchetti di testa affiancati, se le corde fossero molte), così da scendere verso il palco tutte insieme ...

Corrisponde a questa descrizione (vista dal basso verso l'alto)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_system
The lift lines run from the top of the arbor up to the top of the fly tower, around the head block, across the stage to evenly spaced loft blocks, then down, terminating at the batten, a load-bearing pipe that spans much of the width of the stage.

Laura Radaelli
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Grazie!

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agree  Vincent Lemma: Looking at the link and your answer, this is the term.
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