Thanks, @MetropolisLakeOutfitters for responding so rapidly to words you wrote three years ago!
Our General Contractor wants to charge a substantial upcharge for installing the in-ceiling Atmos Klipschs. I'm thinking, pre-drywall, running the speaker wire and mounting the IK-650-C pre-construction brackets myself, letting the construction crew put up the ceiling, and then when it's all over personally going into the crawl space above the ceiling and using the speaker brackets as my guide, cut out the drywall from above the ceiling. That way, no fee upcharge and no measuring.
That's why I'm thinking of cutting the drywall from above the ceiling. Is there a flaw in my theory?