Engineering art: The science of concert hall acoustics

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-129

  Cox, Trevor J ^a   D'Antonio, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RPG Diffuser Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCERT HALLS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; DIFFUSION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THEATERS (LEGITIMATE);

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0344946460     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801803225010412     Document Type: Review

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