Two questionnaire surveys have been conducted with orchestral musicians. Objective studies have been carried out in full-size halls, in scale models and with computer simulation models. It soon became clear that, for symphony orchestra performance, there was much more to learn both about musicians' preferences and the behaviour of sound on concert hall platforms. On the subjective side, it was discovered that different orchestras can respond differently to the same auditorium depending on their experience of that auditorium. For instance, there is evidence that musicians can specifically adapt to the acoustic behaviour of their home venue and can judge it more highly than an orchestra that visits the venue regularly but is based elsewhere. On the other hand, a visiting orchestra unfamiliar with a hall will often judge the hall differently to an orchestra with reasonable familiarity with the venue. For the studies described here, results of regular visiting orchestras were used.
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