Low Ceiling

[circusboy]

I've had to give up my normal practice room in my house for other uses.

The next logical place for me to play is on this sort of platform in a home office that was made out of a utility room/crawl space at some point. The main issue with it is that the ceiling is just five feet from the floor.

While I can sit in a chair and play there, this is clearly not optimal for sound--horrible, really. I was just wondering if there was anything to be done, some kind of acoustic treatment to the ceiling or something, to salvage this.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

[jperry1466]

I sometimes have to practice in a low-ceiling room. It is a long room, so turning the bell more horizontally helps with the sound and response, even though it is not a comfortable way to practice. The only other thing I can think of would be a practice mute like one of these:
https://www.thomannmusic.com/schlipf_mutes_tuba.html

[timothy42b]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3pO6KycamI" target="_blank

[circusboy]

Not an outlandish suggestion, Bloke, but the problem, technically, is not with a low ceiling, but with a high floor. I'm pretty sure it was built up that way to avoid a giant boulder breaching underneath.

[sweaty]

Get a tuba with a recording bell and have your sound project forward instead of up.

[Jerryleejr]

Um play somewhere else?

JJ

[Three Valves]

Not an outlandish suggestion, Bloke, but the problem, technically, is not with a low ceiling, but with a high floor. I'm pretty sure it was built up that way to avoid a giant boulder breaching underneath.

TNT

[iiipopes]

Not an outlandish suggestion, Bloke, but the problem, technically, is not with a low ceiling, but with a high floor. I'm pretty sure it was built up that way to avoid a giant boulder breaching underneath.

TNT

Indeed. The version by AC/DC:
[youtube]qdRWKIpY0fU[/youtube]

[iiipopes]

Not an outlandish suggestion, Bloke, but the problem, technically, is not with a low ceiling, but with a high floor. I'm pretty sure it was built up that way to avoid a giant boulder breaching underneath.

TNT

Indeed. The version by AC/DC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRWKIpY0fU" target="_blank