Optimum Acoustic Criteria of Concert Halls for the Performance of Classical Music
Fritz Winckel · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1962
The known criteria of room acoustics are not sufficient to characterize the quality of concert halls. To obtain more specific information on the acoustic qualities of concert halls, the author went on tour with the Cleveland Orchestra, making measurements in 15 concert halls. These measurements revealed that the dynamic range of performed music and also the tempo are different in the several halls. The dynamic range depends on the noise level of the room and the state of sound diffusion. The tempo of music is at a maximum in concert halls which have optimum reverberation time and diffusion.