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Hear Here: The messy history of architectural acoustics

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Sound of a Room at Harvard

Harvard's president spent three years taking measurements of the sound of spaces all over campus. Sabine would move huge amounts of soft surfaces into a room, like cushions and rugs. He didn't have any fancy technology to do this, just an organ pipe and a stopwatch. It may sound obvious to us now, but this breakthrough is the cornerstone of modern-day acoustics.

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