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Posted by Kris Krieger on January 29, 2008, 2:16 pm
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> ..
>>>
>>> > Hello, Monika from Poland. The globe you are referring to is at
>>> > the Christian Science Center in Boston and is called the
>>> > Mapparium. It is an amazingly cool structure. The acoustics are
>>> > unbelievable. When you Google for info, make sure you check out
>>> > the acoustics workup of the Mapparium.
>>>
>>> What fun. The inside-out thing is a bit of a mind-bender though,
>>> except for
>>> someone used to the point of view of being the center of the world I
>>> guess.
>>> A bit of the Cenotaph for Newton about it, don't you think?
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>> I visited in while I was in college...errr...when I was supposed to
>> be in college - I blew off classes that day as it was a nice spring
>> day - and the acoustics are downright spooky. I'd heard nothing
>> about the place and just popped in for a visit. There were only a
>> couple of us in there at the time, and I remember being astounded
>> that the other person was saying _exactly_ what I was
>> thinking...until I realized a split second later that I was the one
>> doing the talking. The sounds emanate from weird locations and at
>> times just appear inside your head with no apparent source. Great
>> fun.
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> It's and old dream of mine to work with some spherical space acoustics
> for music practice space. I recently had an opportunity to visit a
> townhouse I designed in the 80's. I remembered that I had worked in a
> partial sphere into a circulation figure, and when straight for it to
> do a little tap routine. The owner was surprised I still remembered
> that I'd done it, and everyone in the family was aware of it but
> unsure if it was intentional.
>
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>
Do you have any pics or diagrams? I can't picture it from the description,
but it sounds interesting.
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