Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Acoustics in common house--not always desirable

[Diana Carroll (dianaecarroll]

I'm confused. You asked a company how to get your acoustics to be "concert
hall" like (ie: very resonant and reflective)?  If your goal was a better
musical space, why would you spend $5k on sound absorbing acoustic panels
to make it LESS music-hall-like?

Good for music and good for common meals are pretty much exact opposite
acoustic qualities.

(contrary to what Tim said about mosaic's CH, our fabulous sound deadening
ceilings DO negatively impact our music oriented events. It's totally worth
it though. We have 10x more non music use of the space than musical use)

Diana from Mosaic Commons where we still have 6 homes for sale

On Friday, February 24, 2012, Sharon Villines wrote:

>
> I don't think any cohousing community has enough money to create a dead
> space. Nothing to fear about that!
>
> We had an acoustical study done - machines measuring all sorts of stuff. I
> sent those to a company that does theaters and concert halls like Kennedy
> Center. They said it would take $35,000 in about 2004 to make the room
> concert hall level. So dead would be way above that.
>
> They said we could get away with 10,000 of (less attractive) acoustical
> panels. We spent $5,000 and it was a significant help but we need much more
> — like the clouds.
>
> FYI: the acoustical advice was to do perpendicular surfaces first rather
> than all the walls, etc. We did two perpendicular walls first because no
> one wanted to cope with the two story ceiling peppered with tons of light
> fixtures.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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