Show I I I ACOUSTICS G I V E N I MUCH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION Expected to Be on a Par With Great Sound System System tem tern of Tabernacle Acoustics as a thing of importance to ultimate success in any big structure structure structure ture or or auditorium where thousands gather to hear near or to be heard beard is a much more vital proposition than mere decoration or 01 other architectural ar ar- ar rang The matter has been a a. problem of all the ages and engineers say it is isone isone isone I one of ot the most dif difficult ones Good acoustics frequently come as a matter of chance and bad sounding results are often obtained after careful plan plan- ning Sometimes the finest echoes will come back in a wild canyon while the same sort of ot a cliff or mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain side which the careful student might select to bring even better echoes will produce nothing Salt Lake already possesses one of ot the finest auditoriums for acoustics for all the world in the Tabernacle Itis It Itis Itis is promised by the builders of at the new Pantages theatre that equal results will be he obtained although on a smaller small small- er scale Looking back now it is difficult to explain how Brigham Young achieved the wonderful results he did in tho the great Tabernacle considering what he had to work with and the difficulties difficulties ties that attended construction at that time Perhaps it was the very simplicity simplicity sim sim- I of ot arrangement that accomplished accomplished pUshed the results Again it was unI unquestionably un- un questionably brought about by the I wide range of skill of that peerless leader and his brilliant mastery of so many lines of human endeavor Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Youngs Young's judgment was unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably the soundest of the great men of his time Yet he had the priceless faculty of at listening gravely ely to the opinions of other men who were specialists in their lines After se selecting selecting selecting se- se the tho best of these suggestions and casting away those which his I mature judgment decided unworthy he went ahead and achieved a triumph triumph tri tri- of building skill Today the Tabernacle is famous all over the world for its smooth and efficient practicality and arid its wonderful organ f j I where the mighty tones issue as asI I though from the clashing of warring storms or the sweet ripple of summer brooks The builders of Pantages' Pantages new Salt Lake theatre undoubtedly took l lessons from the Tabernacle as they have ha done in building other theatres of th the famous Pan Pantages line In this great new playhouse the base floor has been laid in a great j I curve or imperfect as one might consider a section of an eggshell eggshell egg egg- shell cut through the longest way Another section of the shell might be 00 said to represent the great dome over feet above bending over with its great expanse of art glass its imposingly imposingly imposingly beautiful dome and its myriads of brilliant lights In harmony with this arrangement the sides of Df the big auditorium are slightly curved alon alon- vertical lines the I and the balcony balcon represented by by- bythe mezzanine floor and the two sections of upper upper floor carry out the scheme of curvature This has been found I productive of almost perfect results in other theatres by the same builders and has been carried out in Salt Lake with the elimination of such Imperfections imperfections imperfections imper imper- as experience has shown to exist The general aspect of the whole in interior interior in- in tenor is is a pleasing harmony that strikes the eye with soothing effect In an atmosphere of artistic elegance the senses are lulled by a feeling of well being But at once there is a distinct sensation of something some some- thing else els-e that comes with the first strains of music or perhaps the spoken word This too gives a poetic shock to the sensitive soul It is tn tab tn sensation of sound and pleasant noises carried to the ear with a degree of and yet that ISas is isas isas as gratifying as mysterious I As the patron leans back in the luxurious lux- lux urious cushions with a sigh of contentment contentment contentment con con- in anticipation of a pleas pleas- evening this elusive quality of sound that comes from everywhere and nowhere is ever more appealing Later it will be one of his most distinct distinct distinct dis dis- dis- dis recollections of the performance He has heard everything distinctly but not jarringly It is as though the strains of the orchestra the songs of the singers and the dialogue have been floated to him by a magic genii for him alone alon Between acts the observing visitor visitor- will look about him for a solution of ot the pleasing riddle If It of a practical turn of or mind he lie will hit lilt upon the answer answer answer an an- instantly He will feel unconsciously unconsciously unconsciously or knowingly that it is that ingenious arrangement of converging circles that has turned all sound wave impulses back to him from all parts of the house without jar or disharmony It is a secret of sound The wizardry of acoustical perfection Its discovery will add to the unalloyed enjoyment of countless thousands thousands' of patrons as long Jong as Pantages' Pantages theatre st stands |