Hey, Kluurs! Turn it DOWN!!
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Pensioner, 83, who was jailed for playing Classic FM too loud in his home dies in prison
An 83-year-old man who was jailed for playing Classic FM too loud in his home has died in prison.
Ian Trainer, who had been repeatedly jailed in recent years, died in hospital on November 23.
The pensioner, from Eton Drive, Aintree, Merseyside, was given a restraining order in 2019 which prohibited him from playing - between the hours of 9am and 10pm - 'any audio at a volume above normal talking level' which was considered to be above 65 decibels.
The spokesman did not confirm the cause of Trainer's death and said it was a matter for the coroner.
At a hearing in February, Liverpool Magistrates Court heard how Trainer's neighbour, Thomas Michael Thompson, had experienced 'noise pollution' from his neighbour's property for a number of years.
On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, a police officer attended Trainer's property after being called out for a complaint of noise by Mr Thompson.
a symphony orchestra playing full out can easily reach 96 to 98 decibels, and certain brass and percussion instruments have registered 130 to 140 at close range.
http://techtalk.parts-express.com/forum/tech-talk-forum/37613-symphony-orchestra-performance-spl
I took a SPL meter to rehearsal tonight, and set it up at head level in the front row of the hall in which we rehearse and do some of our performances (First Congregational Church Berkeley, an acoustically very nice older building, but without significant soundproofing). The rehearsal included a first read through of the Mozart Symphony No.40 in G minor, K. 550, and the Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467. We seated 35 chairs in the orchestra (33 for the symphony)
The meter (a Galaxy CM-140) was about 14 feet from the first chair first violin, and less from the Fazioli Grand Piano when it was rolled out (thanks to Piedmont Piano for the loan of that fine instrument). The meter was set middle range, C weighting, fast, and max-min capture. The minimum reading (hall and street noise) was 46.2 dB, the maximum was 96.4 dB. I wandered over to look at the display every now and then, the SPL during performance ranged from the mid 60s (very quiet passages) to (more often) mid 70s to high 80s. I’ll take readings in different parts of the hall over the next couple weeks, but I doubt there will be more than a couple dB variance.
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I am guessing the guy was quite hard of hearing. But, it was funny that they only stopped him during the daytime from playing loud music. Maybe they knew he went to bed early and slept in!
