Room sound absorption provided by underbench sound absorbing material.

Abstract

The concept that sound absorbing material added beneath “hard” benches and pews will be useful in the reduction in reverberation in religious worship facilities, and other places of assembly are occasionally advanced by facility owners and users who do not desire to employ bench and pew seat upholstery or seat cushions. This paper presents data on underbench sound absorption calculated from measurements made in a reverberant space with and without the addition of a sound absorbing material to the underside of wood benches.