| Wednesday, February 13, 2002 |
10:59 - EU wants to regulate orchestras' noise levels
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/music/newsid_1815000/1815904.stm
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Have you ever wondered what America would be like if the Teamsters and AFL/CIO ran the government? Well, you need wonder no more.
The directive has already been agreed by Britain and other EU member states and will receive a second reading in parliament later this month.
The parliament wants to reduce the decibel limit of noise in the workplace to 83, the point at which workers have to wear hearing protection.
A single trumpet is said to play up to 130 decibels and the ABO fears that the directive would effectively silence performances.
Libby MacNamara, director of the ABO, told BBC News Online: "It will stop us playing any loud music whatsoever, affecting almost of all of the pieces played by orchestras."
Well, they've certainly succeeded in making me speechless.
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