Acoustical Problems
Suboptimal acoustics within Orchestra Hall have been an ongoing concern throughout its history, and have been adjusted in major overhauls of the main hall in both the 1960s and as part of the Symphony Center transformation between 1995 and 1997. Critics have said that the acoustical revamping created more problems than it solved, compromising the quality of the sound patrons had known for generations.
The original acoustical consultant, R. Lawrence Kirkegaard, spent six seasons fine-tuning the hall. Former CSO President Henry Fogel, at whose behest more than 50 percent of Burnham's original interior was lost forever, admitted that the revised acoustics of the auditorium are flawed, and brought in acoustician Russel Johnson to render a second opinion. Prominent Chicago critics have bemoaned the "recklessness of making irreversible changes to the structure of the hall"
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