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TOWN HALL SEATS.

THE CITY ORGANIST'S IDEAS. Now that the tfuestion of c-fectiug some improvement in tho seating arrangomeirfs at the- Town Bail lias been suggested, sonic ideas on the _ subject were seudit from the City Organist (Mr. Bernard I'qge), who having only boon out. from England a, few mouths, is familiar with tho practice there, Mr. Page stated that the seating i» most of the Town Halls that he knew in England consisted d very comfortableupholstered tip-up seats in tho gallery, rat-h-or more commodious than those provided in the Wellington' theatres, and with Hibstiintial arm-rests. Down below, where it was customary to have to dear the floor for balls and suchlike- gatherings) a sort of form was used, not unlike a garden seat—a low form with a. sloping bade and a shaped esat sometimes cushioned and sometimes not, "In such concert halls as the Albert Hall and Queen's Hall all the seats were roomy upholstered tip-up' seats, quite restful nnd comfortable.

Mr. Pago had not hitherto seen _ a Mho hall furnished with the stiffbacked, hard-seated Austrian chairs used iu llio Town Hall. Ho thought they must be uncomfortable after a time, and stated that he ditl not know that he -would care to sit .out a concert en such seats. One want-oil physical comfort to bo able to enjoy to the full the delights of good music, and lie was quite sure that the attendances at concerts and recitals would l;o consklerably augmented if the seating arrangements at tlio Town Hall were improved. Asked to suggest what might be uo-iw* Sir, Pnije said that at least tlio scats of tlio gallery should Tao nicely upholstered tijMip seats, witis as much room between the vows as coisld be. spared to prevent any discomfort arising JFrom.hvtc*coiners pushing into their places when others were seated. ■ On the ground Iktor it was rather difficult to know what to dOj liut at least cushions the, length of each scctjon of cliairs woiiW result in a good deal less discomfort , tlian thflt which was ptormMy no\v be-in;* experienced by the oofieert-going public. The sanio argument applied itt tlio ease of the Concert. Chamber,

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 8

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TOWN HALL SEATS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 8

TOWN HALL SEATS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 8

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