Gretna United Methodist Church Creates Work of Art Using Acoustical Wall Panels
Gretna United Methodist Church in Gretna, Louisiana knew they had a sound problem within their church sanctuary, however they did not want a typical acoustical wall panel treatment.
(PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- In early 2005, Trey Harris the senior pastor
approached Acoustical Solutions about treating the problems within the
sanctuary; they had a reverberation time of over four seconds and a slap back
echo problem. However, the biggest challenge that was involved was meeting the
aesthetic looks desired by the church.
They did not want a series of
square or rectangle fabric wrapped acoustical wall panels lining the walls. When
Trey Harris first came to Acoustical Solutions for an answer, he was told that
he needed to treat the back wall of the church and that if he could draw out a
pattern for the wall panels that Acoustical Solutions could make them to any
size and at that time Acoustical Solutions suggested the possibility of a
starburst pattern of panels above the doors with panels on each side of the
doors having angled cuts at the top of the panels to match the pitch of the
ceiling.
Gretna United Methodist Church had an architect from the
congregation draw up a design with rough dimensions and placed an order.
Acoustical Solutions had their CAD department draw up each of the panels and
send it back to the church to double check the dimensions. Once the drawings
were approved the church had the answer to both their acoustical and aesthetic
problems within three weeks and everybody was pleased at how precisely the
panels fit together to form this one of a kind acoustical treatment.
Trey
Harris, senior pastor, had this to say “If my calculations are correct and I
know they are at least very close, our sanctuary went from a four second
reverberation time down to a two second reverberation time and the slap back
echo had been removed completely by applying the panels you made for
us.”
The church secretary stated, “Everyone that comes into our church is
amazed at how pretty the acoustical wall panels look, they have never seen a
church that was able to utilize acoustical treatment to make it into a work of
art.”
Acoustical Solutions offers a full line of soundproofing and noise
control products. For more information please contact them at 1-800-782-5742 or
visit them at http://www.acousticalsolutions.com.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb249285.htm