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Westminster Abbey: everything you wanted to know

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The Acoustical Power of the Abbey

So much of the Abbey is still there, as Henry intended it, and is suitable for the need to the coronation. Of course, that screen to this day hides the shrine of the confessor. It's kind of purpose built for the coronations in a way. But you mentioned noise then, so acoustically. I just wonder whether you've got a sense about whether they thought about the acoustic power of the church when they were building it in Henry's time. Do you know? I haven't the foggiest idea whether that would be the case. What we don't know at the Abbey is the stained glass. And it may be the Abbey was much darker than it

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