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Some effects of orchestra shells

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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SubjectAcoustics
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This paper presents room acoustic measurements of the effects of adding or modifying an orchestrashell in several halls. The average effects, at audience seats, of adding an orchestra shell in threelarge multipurpose halls were small but within predicted ranges. At mid- and high frequencies,partial shells produced intermediate results. However, at lower frequencies more complex effectswere observed, because the addition of an orchestra shell modified the grazing incidence seat dipattenuation. 'These effects depended on the geometry of the shell and on the receiver position in thehall. On-stage measurements of support were increased by approximately 5 dB with the addition ofan orchestra shell. Although orchestra shells had much larger effects on-stage, they were also foundto produce significant audible effects at audience seats.
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  • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 100, no. 2 (1 July 1996): 889–898.
LanguageEnglish
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NRC numberNRCC 39036
NRC-IRC-5750
NPARC number20375412
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