When the Concertgebouw was built, acoustics were something of a "black art"; like in shipbuilding, designers drew upon what worked in the past without entirely understanding the underlying science (even today it is still not well understood).
As in shipbuilding, designers drew upon what worked in the past without entirely understanding the underlying science (and even today it is still not well understood). When the Concertgebouw was built, acoustics were something of a "black art".
When the Concertgebouw was built, acoustics were something of a "black art". As in shipbuilding, designers drew upon what worked in the past without entirely understanding the underlying science (and even today it is still not well understood).
When the Concertgebouw was built, acoustics were something of a "black art". As in shipbuilding, designers drew upon what worked in the past without entirely understanding the underlying science (and even today it is still not well understood).