Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (1888PressRelease)
February 29, 2008 - MINNEAPOLIS—Only days before its grand reopening, Circa Gallery in Minneapolis found its new space too loud and “lively.” A call to pinta acoustic, inc. and a quick installation of SONEX Valueline acoustic panels the day before the reopening solved the problem. Now, the contemporary art gallery has the right amount of “liveliness” and is more attractive to visitors’ eyes and ears.
“While our new gallery space was under construction and full of materials, we didn’t notice how noisy it was,” says Russ Belk, owner of Circa Gallery. “When the space was finished, we noticed that you could whisper in one corner and hear it in another corner. That environment is much too “live” for a gallery.
“My business partner’s husband—who works in printing—suggested pinta’s acoustic materials. So we placed an emergency call for help,” says Belk. “A gallery space should be neutral so the focus is on the art. Our space is all white with a poured cement ceiling. It was a big plus that pinta had white acoustic tiles to blend with the ceiling.”
Circa Gallery installed 72 SONEX Valueline Panels in white on the ceiling, above the pipes, in the 2,000-square-foot space. The panels were mounted in a checkerboard pattern. Circa staff attached the panels themselves—with guidance from pinta acoustic—using pinta’s acouSTIC adhesive.
SONEX Valueline Panels offer excellent acoustical control across all frequencies, with Noise Reduction Coefficients (NRC) ranging from 0.75 to 1.05. They are especially effective at absorbing excessive sound at the middle frequencies (500 and 1,000 Hz), where unwanted noise and reverberation can interfere with communication.
“We opened in October 2007, the night after installing the SONEX panels,” says Belk. “Now the space looks and sounds the way we want. In fact, it’s better than I thought it would be. We’ve had deejays and music in the space, and the acoustics is great. I think acoustic problems are much more pervasive than people think. I’m glad this solution worked so wonderfully for us.”
SONEX Valueline Panels provide effective acoustic control at an affordable price. The subtle surface pattern on the panels renders them inconspicuous in most settings, making them suitable for interior settings, including offices, conference rooms, religious facilities and classrooms. SONEX Valueline Panels are made from willtec® acoustical material, which is Class 1 fire-rated for flame spread and smoke density; willtec natural also meets the corner burn test UL 1715.
Panel size is 24 inches by 48 inches, with a choice of thickness—1-1/2 inches, 1-7/8 inches or 2-1/2 inches. SONEX panels are available in natural, painted or Hypalon® coated. SONEX Valueline Panels mount easily to any ceiling or wall surface with pinta’s acouSTIC adhesive.
pinta acoustic, inc.—formerly illbruck acoustic, inc.—manufactures a broad range of attractive ceiling tiles, wall panels and other acoustical materials for commercial and industrial applications, including CONTOUR® Ceiling Tiles, HARMONI Ceiling Tiles, WHITELINE® Ceiling Tiles, SQUARELINE® Metal Ceiling Tiles, BIOLINE™ Wood Ceiling Tiles, FABRITEC Wall Panels, SONEX Panels and Baffles, PROSPEC Decibel Drop™ Viscoelastic Damping Compound, PROSPEC® Barrier, Foam and Composite Materials and Ceiling Grid products.
pinta acoustic, inc. prefers lowercase spelling of its entire company name and the willtec brand name. Please send all leads generated by this press release to Patti Born – p.born ( @ ) pinta-acoustic dot com
pinta acoustic, inc.
3800 Washington Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55412
1-800-662-0032
sales ( @ ) pinta-acoustic dot com
www.pinta-acoustic.com/sv
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