A NEW TYPE OF ABSORBER FOR USE BY CLASSICAL MUSICIANS IN REHEARSAL ROOMS
Stephen M. Dance, R LORENZETTO · 2023
Classical music students practice in small rehearsal rooms for many hours and hence increase their noise exposure to levels above those allowed under the new Control of Noise at Work legislation 2005.A feature of all these rooms is a full length mirror where the musician checks posture and technique.Consequently, the musician plays directly in front of a perfect acoustic reflector.Hence, a new product, the 'Sound Absorbing Mirror' has developed to absorb the sound energy in a localized fashion.The paper reports on how the absorptive mirror was developed, proto-typed, refined and tested.