A spline of 0.1m-diameter industrial pipe with shiny stainless steel cladding (the thumbnail depicts the texture but not the size of the pipe). The vertical supports are 'stretchy' and stay fixed to the ground during height adjustments.
Repeating mesh is 1 metre long with LOD's at 504, 184, 104 and 28 triangles. 1 material per mesh. Updated with better LOD transition distances. Created in 3DS Max 2009.