scope:

This standard covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration and repair of stage and orchestra lifts and similar lifts, their associated parts, rooms, spaces, enclosures and hoistways, where located in a theatre or a similar place of public entertainment. Examples of lifts covered by this standard include:

● Orchestra lifts.

● Lifts that raise and/or lower a portion of the stage floor

● Scenic lifts

● Stage wagon compensation or transition lifts

● Piano and organ console lifts

● Choral and orchestra riser lifts

● Sound console or media lifts

● Auditorium seat wagon lifts

● Auditorium seating re-configuration lifts

This standard does not apply to passenger and freight elevators covered by ANSI/ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, nor to platform lifts covered by ANSI/ASME A18.1 Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts.

Existing equipment*

Existing lifts that do not comply with the provisions of this standard shall be permitted to be continued in service, provided that the lack of conformity with these documents does not present a serious hazard as determined by the Authority Having Jurisdiction.