The Sound Insulation of Small Studios

As part 01 an on going programs to remrbish and extend the facilities of a central London Music College, eight new practice/teaching rooms have been completed.This papers reports on some aspects of the design and construction together with measurements of the sound insulation achieved.The rooms are in the basement.on g rade. in the configuration showd in Figure ].Only Room PR 7 is a teaching room, it is an electronic music studio for conposing and teaching.An unfortunate but unavoidable feature of the plaxming was the placement of the percussion practice room, PR 8, adjacent to this