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Only a few weeks on, but I am happy with the system I bought from United. It features brass rods that hook over a wood moulding. Hooks slide on from the bottom and are completely adjustable. You can hang multiple pieces per rod, or combine two rods for a larger piece. The hanging moulding also comes in metal, but I chose the wood and screwed it into each stud for stability.
 
I would say you want the type that uses gravity to grab the 'hook" clamp onto a vertical rod. I recently hung a show where the clamps that attach to the frame wires were screwed onto the vertical rods with a pair screws. The big advantage is that I could make precise adjustments to the height, lining up frame heights was a snap. The big disadvantage was forgetting to tighten them beyond merely snug, which was a little hard to do adequately without a pliers. The gravity-clamped types can sometimes shift a bit as you hang the frame, but once the weight of the frame is asserting itself it's automatically secure, no brain cells required.

One thing's for sure, you'll never go back to nails! The first time I encountered one these systems in a gallery it was a pure joy. I had planned on a grizzly 1+ day installation, but it took less than an hour. The heights were perfect, and there was zero impediment to tweaking the frames around for best spacing and effect.
 
I must say... the most magical system I've ever seen is the one from Arakawa Hanging Systems.

My gallery has it mounted across the ceiling, hidden by crown molding. You simply tug two super thin stranded steel cables over to where you want your artwork hung... Attach a hook to each strand, put the art on the hooks, close the hook, and lift the art to where you want it. You can super easily level it. The hooks lock where-ever you stop pushing them up (and will hold a ton of weight - I want to say like 45 lbs each hook). To bring the art down, you simply push the little button on the top of each hook and they slide down the strands.

There's even a little built in separate hook thingee with each hook that allows you to coil up the excess cable behind your lowest hanging piece of artwork - so strands don't hang beyond the bottom artwork on each strand. You can hang dozens of pieces of art on just a few strands.

I think they are a tiny bit more expensive than other systems, but when it's time for something in my house, I think I'm going this way.

Hope that helps,

Russell
www.russellschutte.com
 
I have the gallery system from Arts-supplies.net I have a new art show in my shop every two weeks; it may be photography, canvas, paper art in various sizes. This system is quick to move around and is very stable. The colour blends in with my wall colour which make the rods almost unnoticable. I would recommend this system.
 
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