Native American composer Raven Chacon talks to Hear and Now about the variety of ways he recreates his sound of the week - the sound of a chair being pulled along a floor. Whether it's the hard ...

The sound of metal folding chairs scraping against rocky parking lot asphalt always gives me the chills — but only in a good way. To me it’s the sound of Sukkot in the Shaarei Tefila sukkah, where I ...

Upholstered Chairs as Acoustic Tools While often chosen for comfort or style, upholstered chairs also function as tools of sound control. Their padded seats and fabric surfaces absorb sound waves ...