enchanted rose hire

The Rose needs to be setup on something stable that isn’t going to get knocked… the last thing we want is to knock the petals off mid way through the story and change the entire plot!

We recommend cutting a hole in a table to disguise the cables and allow them to drop out the bottom, although we do provide a wooden stand to sit the rose on if you prefer.

Here is one of our wooden stand.

If using the stand, we recommend setting back as far as possible.

With the right angle, it can make it look like it’s floating (which we think is pretty cool).

If you want to you can paint the wooden stand, or do what you like to it (this is the one bit we’re not precious about!)

This is the back of the control unit. You’ll see there are 3 ports on the back. These are labelled:

• CTRL – Control
• AUX – Auxiliary
• STAT – Status

On the underside of the base of the rose, you will find similar ports to the back of the control unit. These are labelled the same as the control unit.

You will have been shipped 3 cables, these are also labelled for your convenience.

The cables simply push into the ports with a satisfying “click”.

To remove them, you will need to squeeze the tab on the underside and pull out.

The cables are removable both ends so that you can run them behind scenery, behind walls, over lighting bars, through holes and pretty much anywhere!

Make sure the cables are firmly connected at both ends and run neatly, ensuring that any where a walkway is crossed appropriate cable protection is used.

Connect the power up using the provided “Kettle Lead”. This is a normal mains cable, so you can use a longer one if you need (and have) one, or just plug it in to an extension lead.

Make sure no-one turns it off mid-show or the beast will remain a beast forever!

You can go on and flick the power on after this point.

We recommend test fitting the dome next, before you get too carried away and adding the petals.

It sits in the recess in the wooden base, directly on-top of the LEDs

Just make sure it’s stable and you like the way it is aligned for the audience before moving on.

This is the rose head. You’ll see that it has two layers with positions for 8 petals.

The round metal “disks” poking out of the rose head are what holds the petals on. These disks are energised by the switches on control unit.

As you can see each of the petal positions is labelled.

Here are some of the petals. You can see that they have some metal plates attached to the bottom of the petal.

Each of the petals is numbered.

This is the control unit.

You can see that there are 8 switches on the bottom part. These control the petals.

When in the UP position, the petals will be on. When moved to the DOWN position, the petals will fall.

There are LEDs at the top which indicate status of the petal. When the LED is on the petal is on. The LEDs mirror the position of the switches. This was covered up with tape by a previous hire since the LEDs were a bit bright backstage – we left it on… we think it works quite well!

The switch at the top turns on the LED(s) in the rose base. It’s a 3 position switch

Middle = OFF, Down = RED, Up = WHITE.

With all of the switches in the ON position on the controller, you can start attaching petals in order.

Note the numbers on the controller vs the rose head do not line up, i.e. switch 1 does not make petal 1 drop. Confused? There’s a good reason… The numbers on the rose, are the order in which to add them, and the numbers on the controller are the order in which to drop the petals. I.e. the first petal on is the last one off.

To apply the petals, line up the metal plate of the rose with the metal disk.

The upper row are typically easier, with the larger petals needing more “care”

Here in the video, you can see me adding petal 1 and turning it off again so it falls.

With the top row, make sure the petals sit slightly off the bottom row. Try and attach them as high up the “Disk” as possible. here you can see the gap at the bottom.

If you have them too low, they can get wedged and not fall off properly.

Here you can see I’ve attached the four top petals. When you are attaching, be aware that where the petals touch, the might prevent their neighbour from making proper contact between the metal plate and the disk.

If you need to, you can bend the petal slightly.