Jukes was instrumental in the decision to go with the company ’ s loudspeakers . “ The acoustic treatments cleaned up the bass ,” Jukes explains . “ Many churches will buy more equipment to get better sound , but by acoustically treating a space , quite often you can run with less equipment , particularly on the bass end .”
The pace of the project was accelerated owing to the fact that numerous members of RPCG ’ s congregation are professional tradespeople – framers , drywallers , and electricians – who donated their time to the project .
“ They originally projected six weeks for the project , but they ’ re a very active congregation that can do a lot of things . Many volunteers provided time and expertise , and once they got started , it kept getting bigger and bigger ,” Jukes says . “ One night , I was giving instructions on where we ’ d need power and I looked up and there were five electricians surrounding me . To give another example , the steps at the front of the church are granite , the steps to the sound booth are granite , the table that the audio mixer sits on is granite , and it was all donated . It ’ s the nicest sound booth I ’ ve ever seen . It ’ s basically all marble . They took out the stage , rebuilt it , and put in truss and lighting that we provided , did all the flying and rigging and did an amazing job .”
Beyond expanding the stage , the renovation included the removal of existing carpets and a fresh paint job for the walls , De Buglio puts in .
Jukes ’ involvement with the RPCG dates back to his previous retail business , The Carpenter Shop ( the CS in CS Acoustics ) and his later work as manager of the Long & McQuade musical instruments store in nearby Waterloo , ON . Owing to their existing relationship , the church approached Jukes for a quote on the audio treatments roughly two years ago . Initially , he says , the project was primarily about room acoustics , but ultimately led to a major upgrade to the audio , lighting , and rigging systems .
CS Acoustics manufactured and designed the products used for acoustic treatment , and while they helped with the installation of said treatment , members of the congregation took on much of the work as well . “ We did the layout with them and they put them up . So we had three or four crews going at it and did a job that would ’ ve taken us – three of us – probably two weeks , in about four nights .”
De Buglio came in after CS Acoustics was attached to the project and consulted on the acoustical fix , but JDB ’ s involvement was primarily concerned with determining which
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