Clay Paky Sharpy is offered in excellent condition at €500 per unit. Available stock: 30 units. The quantity is the available inventory count; the price applies to one unit.
Clay Paky Sharpy: the original beam fixture
The Clay Paky Sharpy is the original discharge-lamp beam moving head named in this inventory. It should be distinguished from Sharpy Plus, Sharpy X Frame and other later products carrying the Sharpy name. The original model’s lamp and optical arrangement are the appropriate starting points for planning a rig or comparing stock.
The manufacturer’s brochure describes a 189 W discharge source in a fixture weighing 19 kg. Its optical design concentrates the light into a narrow beam, with color and gobo selection and a prism contributing to the available effects. These are model characteristics; the lamp wattage is not the same thing as total electrical demand, and the fixture’s compact format does not remove the need to check installation requirements.
Planning beam positions and effects
A beam fixture is often selected for the visible geometry of light through space. When assessing Sharpy for a particular design, consider the intended position, the desired pattern and the effect of movement on the whole stage picture. A projected gobo and a prism-split beam create different results, even though both originate in the same luminaire.
Use the official Sharpy brochure and operating documentation for model-specific details and the correct console patch. Do not transfer control information from another Sharpy variant. The listing does not establish lamp hours, a recently fitted replacement lamp, supplied clamps or a flightcase. Those items cannot be inferred from the manufacturer’s original new-product presentation.
A narrow-beam tool in the lighting composition
With Sharpy, the narrow beam is a central part of the visual role. Consider how a line of light will relate to adjacent fixtures and to the size of the room. Repetition can create a geometric composition, but identical movement is only one option: a design may also use selected positions, contrasting directions or a restrained color choice.
A prism changes that geometry by splitting the image. A gobo changes the texture or opening within the field. Those functions should be chosen for the result required rather than treated as a reason to use every effect in every cue. The original fixture’s own documentation gives the reference for those choices.
An equipment comparison should keep the original Sharpy separate from later variants. A similar name does not establish the same lamp, optical system or channel mapping. That distinction is particularly relevant when preparing one show file to control equipment drawn from several inventories.
Documentation and related equipment
Clay Paky official product documentation
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