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This page presents room acoustical parameters and other relevant key data for concert halls. Follow link to acoustic parameters in concert halls for basic information.

Odeon-Gade Halls

Odeon (www.odeon.com) have released computer models of the 11 halls listed in the table below, with prediction results for a total of 126 calculated source receiver constellations, together with corresponding measurements  performed by Gade. Occupied conditions are calculated by M Skålevik. All RT’s are 500 and 1000Hz octave bands averages.

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RT measured

RT predicted

 

Concert hall

Volume ** m3

Seats

unocc (s)

occ (s) **

unocc (s)

occ (s) ***

1

Barbican, London

18000

2000

2.0

1.7

2.0

1.8

2

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

19000

2000

2.5

2.0

2.6

2.1

3

Derngate, Northamton

13500*

1300*

2.1

1.7*

2.0

1.6

4

Festspielhaus, Salzburg

15500

2200

1.9

1.5

1.9

1.6

5

Gasteig, Munich

30000

2500

2.2

1.9

2.2

2.0

6

Konserthus, Gøteborg

12000

1300

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7

7

Liederhalle, Stuttgart

16000

2000

2.1

(1.6)

2.2

2.1

8

Musikverein, Vienna

15000

1700

3.2

2.0

3.2

2.1

9

Royal Festival Hall, London****

22000

2900

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

10

St David, Cardiff

22000

2000

2.2

2.0

2.2

2.1

11

Usher, Edinburg

16000

2500

2.0**

1.3

1.9

1.3

*(from Barron), **(from Beranek), ***(performed by M Skålevik by modifying ”unoccupied” Odeon model: a. Replacing empty chairs with occupied chairs; b. Replacing empty podium surfaces with 50% occupation by orchestra with instruments on chairs), ****(no assisted resonance), (Occupied Liederhalle measurement is from 1960 with large chorus on platform).