Airport Record Player
Sir, —I wonder how much longer travellers using the Christchurch airport are to be tortured by that monster of a record player Recency a friend missed the Invercargill plane because its blaring noise drowned the voice
the announcer On Friday two North Island friends
came close to having a similar experience. I, with excellent hearing, find it very difficult to hear either the plane announcements, or the replies of the girl at the inquiry desk. The post office, tea room and cloak rooms are at times almost unendurable, not from the noise of planes, but from the noise of music (so called). Heaven help the staff, and heaven forgive the mortals who dare to present the work of the immortal composers where it is nothing but a nuisance.— Yours, etc., DIN. January 23, 1962. [The airport manager (Mr A. I. R. Jamieson) replied: “The background music system at Christchurch airport has been operating for two years and a half. It is designed to automatically cut out during announcements and cannot therefore drown the voice of the announcer. The music is not played during busy periods.”]
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29739, 5 February 1962, Page 3
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