Case Study
Saint Pius Tenth Church
Fulcrum Acoustic, LLC www.fulcrum-acoustic.com tel +1 866 234 0678 fax +1 866 234 0683 PROJECT PROFILE Saint Pius Tenth Church Designed and Installed by Joe Barone When Saint Pius Tenth Parish’s church in Western New York was completely destroyed by a fire, Father Paul Bonacci likened the catastrophe to Good Friday and assured his congregation that a wonderful Easter Sunday would surely follow. The parish entrusted veteran AV systems integrator Joe Barone to design and install a sound system for the stately new Catholic sanctuary reborn out of the ashes of its predecessor. Challenges The sanctuary’s hard reflective surfaces and lack of acoustical treatment presented significant acoustical challenges. Its aesthetic challenges included parameters on loudspeaker placement