---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Andre, =46rom what I know that approach you describe is the most effective.=20 Though 15cm is quite a lot! That with a new and lower ceiling are you=20 able to even walk without crouching? :) Do you mind if I ask app. how much that cost? - John > Well, > > My wife is a professional pianist and a composer of contemporary = music. > She need to be able to work night and day in our apartment on the=20 > fourth floor, in an older building, built in the 1920's. > Thanks to all the existing deities, including Donald Duck, that my=20 > neighbors are abnormal people, by which I mean that they don't make a=20= > single sound... I never hear them. > Likewise, I don't want to create irritations so we had a sound=20 > specialist come over to give us 'sound' advice. > We accepted his offer because, out of a number of so called=20 > specialists, his views on sound and how to make a soundproof room=20 > seemed the best thus far. > He started out with laying a huge amount of rubber on the floor, maybe=20= > about 15 cm high. > On that rubber basis, he laid a platform of wood, on which he built a=20= > complete room, without any of the walls or ceiling touching the=20 > existing walls, or ceiling. > Because we liked to keep the view outside the huge original window, he=20= > built a double window, through which we could open the original window=20= > to air it out as well. > Another compromise was made by making two very heavy doors : one to=20 > enter the room, the other to open a deep cupboard, built in the=20 > original wall. In these older houses, you can't afford to let=20 > cupboards disappear. Space is sparse and valuable (Holland, you=20 > know). > We installed my wife's grand piano, and her equipment, and then she=20 > went down to water the plants of the neighbor, who was on vacation,=20 > and she asked me to play the piano so that she could check if the=20 > neighbor would still be able to hear our piano. > So I started playing loud for a few minutes, and then the phone=20 > rang... It was my wife, asking me whether I had started playing the=20 > piano, or not? > > (; >)) > > friendly greetings > from > ANDR=C9 OOREBEEK= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2441 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b8/f2/da/2b/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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