When you take your oath of office in the most acoustically perfect concert hall in America, the words ring with a special weight. Boston Symphony hall was the first concert hall in the world to be designed by renowned architects and a Harvard physics professor. who invented a formula to design this space with the perfect reverberation time, 1.9 seconds. Every angle and every surface, every statue tucked in every nook reflects that uniquely Boston blend of science and the arts to serve the public good. (00:52–01:02)
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