Thursday, 21. June 2007
Topic: NEWS english - on June 21, 2007 at 10:37:00 AM CEST
How to Soundproof an Apartment to Muffle Your Wife's Drumming
Last year, when my wife and I had to beg permission from our co-op board in Jackson Heights, Queens, to swap our one-bedroom apartment for a two-bedroom unit, only one thing stood between us and our dream of getting our one-year-old son into his own room.
Noise.
My wife is a professional percussionist. After three years of hearing her play marimba, djembe and conga in our living room -- and hearing me fumble around on our upright piano -- our neighbors wanted assurances that we would keep things quiet in our new home.
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