Acoustics of Auditoriums
THE scientific study of architectural acoustics is a thing of com-paratively recent years. In 1895 Harvard University had just completed the Fogg Art Museum, containing an auditorium which proved almost unusable. The Corporation of the University appealed to the scientific staff of the faculty for advice and assistance in the matter, and Prof. W. C. Sabine undertook the study of the case. Two years were spent in the investigation of the questions involved, in the course of which experiments were made in a number of existing and satisfactory auditoriums. As a result, certain fundamental but previously unrecognized principles became clear, which later enabled Professor Sabine to predetermine the acoustic design of the new Boston Symphony Hall.
- Print ISSN
- 0096-6460
- Published
- 1928-09
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J13139