Recital Hall Acoustics

Wimblees@aol.com Wimblees@aol.com
Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:04:58 EST


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In a message dated 3/21/03 4:54:06 PM Central Standard Time, 
claviers@onemain.com writes:

> There are commercial materials - panels - on the market that do a much
> better job than just hanging carpet on the walls.  Acoustical Solutions,
> Inc. makes a variety of this stuff, and so do other companies.  If parallel
> walls are a problem and you want to break up the repetitious wall-to-wall
> reverb without deadening the room, you can do that with diffusers.  There
> are all sorts of things you can do, but at the same time, you don't want to
> over-do it.  Just look up acoustical panels on the Internet, and you will
> find lots of this stuff.  The right kind of panels put in the right places
> can work wonders for a small auditorium that is too bright.  You do want to
> project the sound out, but you don't want too much of it bouncing from wall
> to wall, or coming back at you.
> 
> Jim Ellis
> 

Thanks Jim, for this information. 

The first time I discussed the problem with our chair, the only solution he 
could come up with was to pay some acoustical engineer $10,000 just to study 
the problem and come up with a recommendation. And he probably would have 
recommended something along with what you're suggesting, probably costing 
another $2- 5,000. 

The carpeting, lumber and screws cost less than $500. Not only that, the 
walls are painted gray, and I bought gray carpeting to match. It actually 
looks like it was planned this way. But the best thing, is that it is 
"reversible," in that I can remove the carpeting. There are 6 panels, so if 
needed, we can experiment with it. 

But for now, they are up, and everyone likes what's there. So, until someone 
complaints, it's staying.

Wim 

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