Longitudinal Lateral Section Section at at Pit Pit Figure 12 Use of Pit Lifts and Risers to Maintain Baton, Hand, and Eye Contact each case, especially the implications on orchestra-singer balance. Castered Units vs. Mechanical Lifts Figure 19a depicts a two-lift pit design with four rows of audience seats on each lift. Notice that a storage garage for the audience wagon on the No. 1 lift is provided upstage of that lift. Therefore, these seating wagons never need disturb the seats on lift NO.2. A storage garage is provided downstage of lift No.2; therefore, these wagons can move directly into storage without having to cross lift NO.1. As shown earlier in this article, this two-lift approach has great advantages over the designs shown in Figures 19b and 19c. Figure 19b shows a caste red unit substituted for the NO.2 lift. A storage garage must be provided for three units. The two-lift approach has many advantages over this economy de- - \ ~f1 ...... Figure 13 Use of a Single Pit Lift with Fixed ~ Overhang Area for a Small Auditorium 0 0 I I 1 D- 16 Theatre Design & Technology USITI /Fall, 1979