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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2006/07
From: "Lindberg, John" <john.lindberg@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] On rehearsal room acoustics...
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:46:28 -0400
There is a technology marketed by Wenger Corporation where a practice or
rehearsal room can be tuned to different acoustic environments. It
costs roughly $20,000 (US) for a practice room.
I am chair of a music department where we have had this technology put
into our band/orchestra and choir rooms, so that the student ensembles
can learn to adjust to live acoustics--or dry acoustics.
John Lindberg
Chair, Department of Music (and bassoonist)
Minnesota State University, Mankato
-----Original Message-----
From: oboist2@-----.au]=20
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 5:38 PM
To: doublereed@-----.org
Subject: Re: [DR-L] On rehearsal room acoustics...
Thats quite interesting. Testing a new reed, or when reedmaking poses
a different set of problems and I like to test them in a "lively" room
when
judging response with various articulations, and a more neutral room
when
adjusting for tone colour etc. It would be nice to have a room you
could
adjust to suit your activities and requirements, but think of the
cost!!!!
Like you - I tend to move things around or go to a different room in
my
apartment (probably much to my adjoining neighbours dismay)
Geoff Pearce
Oboe, Sydney
>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: doublereed@-----.org
>Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:06:06 -0700
>From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
>To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>Subject: Re: [DR-L] On rehearsal room acoustics...
>
>
>That is a reasonable theory, and if you are used to playing in one
venue,
>you can translate the differences from studio to hall.
>
>I have a very dead studio, and when I make bassoon reeds, it is
difficult
>for me to have any idea of what I will face in the hall. If I were in
the
>"one rehearsal and concert" phase of my career it would pose huge
problems.
>As it is now, I can usually correct the problem between rehearsals. It
is
>not as easy for me to adjust a reed on stage as it appears to be for
>oboists.
>As to the studio, I keep moving stuff around and getting rid of stuff,
in
>the hope that I may get an impedance comparable to most halls.
>
>Herb
>
>
>On 7/9/06 3:48 AM, "Geoff Pearce" <oboist2@-----.au> wrote:
>
>> Personally i like my rehearsal room as flat and as dead as I can
make
>it.
>> This encourages me to project my sound, and making it fuller. If I
had
>a
>> concert coming up which required a very soft attack and a lot of
quiet
>> playing, I would work in a bare room with a very vibrant acoustic,
for
>the
>> opposite reason.
>> =20
>> Geoff Pearce
>> X oboe, Sydney Australia
>> =20
>> -------Original Message-------
>> =20
>> From: Harold emert
>> Date: 9/07/2006 8:40:36 PM
>> To: doublereed@-----.sg
>> Subject: [DR-L] On rehearsal room acoustics...
>> =20
>> Hi Esther:=20
>> Yours is an important query which reminds me of the IDRS conference
at
>> Greensboro,NC where we encountered one fantastic practice room with a
>> Computerized device which converted it into anything from a small
studio
>to
>> The equivalent of Carnegie Hall.The prices at that time for this room
was
>> Terribly expensive .Wondering if this magical device has come down in
price
>> Since then?=20
>> On a more-economical scale,recall persons experimenting with empy egg
>> Cartons, curtains,carpets,etc
>> =20
>> Best wishes and good luck ,
>> =20
>> Harold Emert=20
>> Rio-Brazil=20
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lim Sze Ai, Esther" <elsa15@-----.sg>
>> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:25 AM
>> Subject: [DR-L] On rehearsal room acoustics...
>> =20
>> =20
>>> Hi List...=20
>>>=20
>>> I'm in the midst of doing a research thesis as part of my band
directing
>>> course, and my topic happens to focus on acoustics of rehearsal
rooms.
>>>=20
>>> I need the help of you guys - have any of you, when rehearsing a
band/
>>> orchestra in a room (at high school level), and have done changes in
order
>>=20
>>> to solve the problem of the room acoustics being 'dead' or 'wet'?
Would
>> You=20
>>> please email me at elsa15@-----.sg, as I'm very interested to
know
>>> what you have done, and what the difference was like after the
change.
>>>=20
>>> If anyone out there has information or pointers they would like to
share
>>> with regards to acoustics in rehearsal rooms in high schools, please
feel
>>> free to email me privately...
>>>=20
>>> Thanx in advance!
>>>=20
>>> Esther=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>> =20
>> =20
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