Objective
Several pipe organs in newly built concert halls or churches are not well matched to the acoustics of the room. The resulted bad sound quality is dangerous for the organ builder SME because the negative opinion of a single costumer can destroy its market position. This project aims a cost reduction and quality improvement due to new developments which can improve the market position of the SMEs. As a result the number of orders of new pipe organs can be increased. So the SMEs will maintain or increase the number of their employees. The leading position of the European organ builders on the world market will be strengthened. In order to ensure an optimal matching, the knowledge of room and organ pipe acoustics and the tradition of organ building will be combined to a new, innovative design method. The degree of innovation is high, because the state-of-the-art method is based on the tradition only, whereas the new method would use and further develop up-to-date results from acoustics. The expected innovations are: New data and knowledge base of the emitted sound power of the most important pipe ranks: development of physical model of the dependence of the emitted power on wind pressure, shape and size of the pipe. New, scientifically based method and instrument for the measurement of room acoustical properties required by the organ builders: For the instrument, a very intensive low frequency (16-64 Hz) sound source and a sound source with simulated organ pipe sounds for the middle frequency range (64-512 Hz) will be developed. New measurement method and software will be made for the evaluation of the acoustic properties of the room from the view of the organ. New acoustic design method of pipe organs for optimal matching of the organ to the acoustics of the room: The wind pressure, geometrical dimensions of the pipes and the location of the divisions will be designed for providing the required loudness, spatial and spectral distribution of the sound in the room.
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FP6-2003-SME-1
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LEONBERG
Germany
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