This month: letters to columnists' Jon Mooney and the Plaster Man.
In his commentary, "Classroom Acoustics: A Review," published in the April 2001 issue of Walls & Ceilings, Jon W. Mooney criticizes the ANSI technical committee on classroom acoustics for fiddling while Rome burns. However, his main target is "Classroom Acoustics," a recent brochure published under the aegis of the Acoustical Society of America. This latter is compared to a set of Cliffs Notes because of what Mr. Mooney perceives as over-simplification and lack of details.