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Excerpts from Concert Hall Acoustics—1989

✍ Scribed by Leo L. Beranek

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
167 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-682X

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✦ Synopsis

In the paper Concert Hall Acoustics--1989, a summary of prior research was made, using, as examples, concert halls with both satisfactory and troublesome acoustics. The paper concluded with the following excerpts that summarize the author's present view of the knowledge available for acousticians to use in the design of concert halls.

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