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The Acoustic Design of Severance Hall

1932; Acoustical Society of America; Volume: 3; Issue: 3_Supplement Linguagem: Inglês

10.1121/1.1901933

1520-9024

Dayton C. Miller,

Architecture, Design, and Social History

Severance Hall, the permanent home of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, was completed in February, 1931. From the very beginning of the plans, the donor, the Management of the Orchestra, the University and the Architects, have all been united in purpose that the acoustic condition should be as nearly perfect as is possible and that nothing should be allowed to interfere with this end. Calculations were made for proposed designs and treatments, and the architects were thus enabled to adjust and adapt plans and methods without any inconvenience, and were successful in choosing dimensions, shapes and materials which in connection with the furnishings and the audience would produce the desired acoustical effect. Perhaps this adjustment has been carried out more systematically and more effectively in Severance Hall than in any other auditorium of this type. At the conclusion of one of the sessions of the Society there will be an opportunity for the members to visit Severance Hall.