Following is my opinion based on building & operating a commercial music production studio for 15 years. If you've ever heard noise from an adjoining room, I think most will agree that you don't hear the full bandwidth of the source, only the lower frequencies. These are most difficult to reduce. Most of the solutions I've read on the list so far will unfortunately only attenuate higher frequencies. Uncoupling the piano legs from the floor somehow will have a measurable, if not satisfactory effect. You may be limited in your solutions by the structure of your building. Thin & flexible floors & walls will transmit low frequencies. Heavy & rigid tend to contain the low frequencies. Many resources are available in print. Acoustic treatments (foam etc.) are typically for "tuning a room" for a certain purpose. Sound containment is has it's own methods, usually more involved and costly than acoustic treatment. Phil wimblees at aol.com wrote: > Jurgen > > All of the examples you cite, except for the "social" measure, are > very good ideas,and they are in my book of tricks. But I've also > learned that unless the sound of the piano is reduced to virtually > nothing, some neighbors are still going to complain, (snip)
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