Does Notre Dame Still Sound the Same? | What the Physics?!

It is understandable how the audio reverberation of Notre Dame was changed, the central transept vaulted arch was destroyed so sound that nominally would be reflected, went straight up instead. The ambient reverberance now would not be a reflection of how it sounded when the cathedral was finally finished, as it took over. A century for that to occur, which changed the conditions of the first constructed portion of the choir and the apse. The building was given consideration for public vocal consumption as the organ had not yet been invented. The sound initially had monophonic qualities of multiple voices singing the same note, to the polyphonic registers of a full coir.

Spend $1 billion fixing a church instead of $1 billion feeding hungry people seems about right.
Keep up the good work, humans.

Islamic muslim immigrants set Notre Dame on fire.

Shows us just how weak the current humans are.
Can't create anything worthy

PBS! 👍🏻

And….what is the reverb time? What a colossal omission.

Why didn't you include what Katz's latest measurements found?!? You led us up to the brink, and then left us hanging! WHY?
If we have all that science, why say that we might never achieve the sound that Notre Dame once had? That is a glass half-empty. I prefer to think of it as a glass half-full.

Paul M.
Atlanta, GA

I thought we would get to hear some sounds in the video. But still, the science of sound is exciting, just look at how car manufacturers adapt doors and signals etc to sound…pleasurable, or informative!