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Brenda, To be fair I do not know the whole story, and perhaps I am being unfair. The story, as I was told, was that the reason for the renovation was to extend the season through the summer in Chicago, in order to generate more income. *If* that was the main reason, I would find it sad that the result was what most consider poorer acoustics for the whole season. But again, I do not know the whole story. Marcos --On Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:42 AM -0400 "Nelson-Strauss, Brenda" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > "A sad tale of greed" ?????? With all due respect, let's get real here. > We're talking about a venue that seats over 2500 people and has over 100 > musicians on stage in suits under hot lights. Any modernization efforts > would obviously include the installation of air conditioning. > > Brenda > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marcos Sueiro > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 9:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Fwd: [ARSCLIST] The waltz (was Which U.S. orchestra > recorded first and Arthur... > > Chicago's Orchestra Hall when empty. The latter changed with the >> disastrous renovation of 1966, which essentially wrecked Orchestra > Hall >> as a listening or recording venue.) > > I find it particularly poignant that they did it to add A/C so that they > > could extend their season. A sad tale of greed. > > Marcos