Page 2902 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 June 2012
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From the KVDL report:
… there needs to be an acceptance of its acoustics with a realism and clarity around what the space could be potentially used for. It is very likely that even after the proposed minimal alterations it can never be made to suit all forms of music, media or performance.
Finally:
Finally, we have come to the view that the Fittersʼ Workshop has merit as a venue for certain styles of music.
And then we have a comment:
Yes, that means you have to take on the acoustic. It is not neutral. You have to work with it. That is going to affect your work as a musician or an artist … You would not put ‘The Police’ in there, because it would be a total mess …
There is more from what I think is the SLR report:
The technical data suggests that the hall would be best suited to works which rely on a rich sustained sound, where the different notes blend together. Based on Beranek’s review of concert halls, this space is not suited to classical music due to the very long reverberation times.
Then:
In view of the results obtained, the utility of the Fitter’s workshop for musical performances appears to be limited to a very specific style of music or taste for the way the building will reinforce the sound.
Mrs Dunne, you drew me to the consultant’s report. On Tuesday Mr Hanson said I was making disparaging comments when I referred to Fitters being useful for Gregorian chants or Enya music. He said I was being disparaging. I read from the KVDL report:
An initial judgement on what we were hearing suggested that the room would be good for slower forms of music—Gregorian Chant or Enya for example. A public speech would be unintelligible beyond about 5 meters. Music of any complexity, speed or detail would simply be lost in the long reverb tail, thereby defeating the point of the music.
I think Mrs Dunne has made comment of the exceptionally long reverberation time. This is caused by the varying internal surface being hard, resulting in very little sound bouncing off the space. It is a classic bathroom effect. As an empty room, the general evidence is that the Fitters Workshop is only suited to a very limited range of music and not to speech at all. I would suggest that people refer to tables 2 and 3 in the same report. It shows that the Albert Hall provides a very good experience for music, and we all know that the Albert Hall is absolutely underutilised. It also goes on to say that
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