Music and Concert Hall Acoustics: Conference Proceedings from McHa 1995

no dust jacket hardcover as book was issued, In excellent condition, No writing or highlighting, book is crisp and clean. inquire for photos or more details. 100% satisfaction guarantee. Shipped with care. --- 433 pages. Edited by Yoichi Ando and Dennis Noson, this volume gathers papers on the acoustics of halls for music, published as numbered chapters. Several chapters deal with architectural design: the relation of sound and form in concert hall design, the use of computer graphics to design a contemporary hall in the classic manner, and selective reflection and acoustic coupling, including variable coupled volumes for performance. Others take up listener preference. They cover subjective evaluation of where sources sit on the stage, differences between individuals in judging sound fields, and a sound simulation system for choosing seats. Further papers cover calculating and measuring acoustic factors seat by seat in the Kirishima International Concert Hall, the diffusion of sound in transient response, and the short-term autocorrelation of sound in piano performance.…