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lSa Ia Is aiseaE aea failure
ladssd, Rlooerp Esahlle buildings are ~
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snrsTased 10 1na H. On. oaTnior, wis Co
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acoustics u ALL Ia Is Infancy, SD tls result
ia any gives case Is uneestsaa-" 80 lns-
pressed Is be ~ith tie shortcomings az nlod-
sTn architecture. regsTss the convey aaoe
VI sDaEd. that lie frankly eonfessss mat, ia
the construction 81 The opera house, he ''h2d
ne guide. adopted 10 principle. based hls ae-
sign On no thsory;" be SIMPLY left tie scous-
nc properties II the beilalng u chance. The
result has not bsen sltagetaer satisfactory.
though il has boea n0 sorss than Ia msnf
other buildings where the archltect did LIS
best u make the acoustic conditions perfect
Que Of the must remarkable buildings
from tie acoustic point Of View thai have
ever ss-en Is tie bSellse shaIsl s-snpls la
Salt Lake City IL holds from 1900 ~ Ia
OoJ people, aud ons can literally hear pia
fall When Was ia the temple. With soans
other travellers. IA 1852. the f8nctionary
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churches stood at the faTtAest end aud
dropped "a pan into his hat The sound ~ its
fall w2s most distinctly audible 10 81 pro-
ent. The scratching " the pan against tho
side OF the hat WAS also plainly heard across
the whole rseadth II the building.
The temple designed ~ Brigham
Young, who professed 10 have been directly
inspired by The Almighty ia the matter rs
be knew nothing about ACOUSTICS The ress-
nance Of tie building is - load that branches
Of trees have 10 lie suspended from the oeii-
ing Ia several places ia ofaer ~ diminish it.
IL is likely enough that brigham Young .
inspiration had very reconcile and purely
terrestrial source, for has beehive Ii only .
slight modification Of the whispering gallery
Ia ST. Paul's
The bad acoustic propcs'tses Of buildings
NAV be refnedicd by what doctors cal palii-
alive treatment. Charles Dickens er p<s-ie1cs
as u public reader made him a man Of ready
resource Ia meeting such difficulties. Ga oss
occasion, when hs was so4ng 60 A-cture at
Leeds, Mr.. Edmund lates. who had spoken
IL the same hall the evcnlng before, sent hun
word that tho acoustic conditions II tie
place were very bad Dickens at oooe tele-
graphed instructions that curtains should 10
hung round ilie walls at the back II he csl-
lery: by this means he VIA able 10 make him
self more easily heard Sir NoreL Mackenzie
III Contemporary Review