PROPER PLACE FOR PIANO
_ Many . persons have "noticed that pianos, phonographs,l radio sets, and other instruments seem, to sound .better in the room adjacent to that in which they are being played. - This has been, explained by tests performed by Professor F. R; Watson, at the University; of Illinois (says "Popular Mechanics"). By means of racks'of sound-absorbing materials placed in a room. where ' an. orchestra was playing, he' iound the- ( best results were obtained when the end of the room occupied by the players, was practically bare, while ,that occupied by the listeners was sound-absorb"-ent. Too many racks close.to the music smothered it, giving poor effects and.' annoying the players, while an entirely: bare I'oomcaused unpleasant reyerberation. It is suggested that the instrument bo placed against a nearly blank" wall, while the sound-absorbing draperies and other furnishings be"farther i back where the listeners axe likrfy t»^ sit. . ' "*.•■'
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1927, Page 3
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147PROPER PLACE FOR PIANO Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 75, 26 September 1927, Page 3
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