Testimonial Letters

From Robert Filippini
Date 2007/03/08 Thur PM 08:00:51 EST

Alan,

I want to thank you for your expertise and help in winning our court case. Your sound recordings and testimony were hugely effective in court and in helping us win our case. Thanks again, it was a real pleasure working with you. Take care. Best regards,

Robert

11/20/09 Alan,

Thank you for the help in evaluating the boiler system in my building. Living in my apartment had become unpleasant because of the horrendous noise caused by the old boiler. The thorough and detailed analysis that you performed was absolutely critical in convincing my co-op board to replace the antiquated boiler system. We now have a brand new, quiet boiler which has greatly improved the quality of living in my building for me and my neighbors. We appreciate it! I should have called you when I first noticed the problem instead of waiting for three months trying to convince the board myself.

Thanks!

(Name withheld)

Subj: thank you!
Date: 5/17/2005 6:06:49 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: XXXXX@aol.com
To: XXX@acoustilog.com

May 17, 2005

Dear Mr. Fierstein

Thank you so much for your help and expertise! The ventilation system for the restaurant went from shaking the light fixtures in the back bedroom to a super quiet, almost inaudible purr. I no longer feel like I am living in a tunnel, and am happy when I walk in the door. I am so grateful for your clear recommendations and assurances that there was, indeed, a simple solution to a very unpleasant and persistent problem. I wish I had called you months ago!

I am also very grateful to you for your handling of the noise issues with the bar downstairs. You were incredibly personable, tactful, and practical, giving them very simple and relatively inexpensive ways to eliminate the noise problems and comply with the legal noise level limits as well as the noise level conditions in their lease. Your very fair and clear assessment of the situation, and the explicit step by step solutions that you proposed were enormously appreciated (As of yet, however, the bar has not followed a single recommendation, and I fear that I may have to call on you again to testify in court, although I hope it doesn't go that far.) If they would only follow your advice and invest a minimum amount of time and money the whole situation could have been resolved months ago!

Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Bethany Yarrow

June 12th, 2008

After unhappily living with the hum of the boiler pump in our newly renovated building for a full year, we could no longer bear the noise . Our apartment truly felt like a moving subway car; not a habitable environment.

So we hired Al Fierstein to come and take noise measurements and examine the building's boiler room. His thorough examination of the situation and research on possible solutions led to a set of measurements and recommendations that when presented to the building developers were unchallengeable by them. The developers brought the installation's plumbers back in and after a meeting with Al, agreed to create a new isolation scheme and redo a significant number of connections in the boiler room. These actions were all based on drawings and written details provided by Al.

When the boiler turned on again last October, our apartment was more quiet than we could have hoped for. All trace of the hum (which had been 10 decibels above the city noise code limit) was gone. Without Al's analysis we could never have gotten the building developers to agree to do the large job that was required to fix this unbearable situation And without his careful research and recommendations we certainly could never have gotten them to do it right. We can now live in and enjoy our home because of Al's fine work.

Scott Lehrer
Scott Lehrer Sound Design, Ltd

Subj: thanks
Date: 9/10/02 12:25:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: ???????@earthlink.net (Sylvia Lowenthal)
To: xxx@acoustilog.com (Alan Fierstein)

Alan, We want to thank you for referring us to Chris Harmaty. We had him insulate most of our apartment. He's a great guy and he and his crew did a beautiful job -- in fact we're going to have him do our bathroom also.

Thought you'd be interested to know the result. There's been good reduction of most noise from upstairs, but the really heavy stomping of our neighbor (bare heels landing heavily on bare floors) though lower in volume is still somewhat disturbing as she charges through her apartment. I guess that without good floor covering in her apartment there's only so much that sound insulation in ours can do. Still, we're glad we had the work done, because most noise has been significantly reduced.

Thanks so much for all your help. It's been uplifting to do business with such competent and decent folks as you and Chris and his entire crew.

Best, Sylvia Lowenthal and Constantine Kaniklidis

2/26/2005
Dear Alan,

I can't thank you and your staff enough for providing superb professional services. Over several months you and your staff were patient in understanding my situation, and when finally the time came to measure the noise, you made every effort to accommodate me on a very short notice. Your report is not only technically comprehensive and educational but also includes invaluable suggestions. Anyone, who dealt with finding a knowledgeable and reliable contractor in New York City, especially in the very specialized field of soundproofing, will appreciate very much your recommendations. Your offer to make yourself available for an acoustical expert testimony in court if necessary is equally commendable (there is barely anyone in your field who offers such a valuable service that could be very critical during litigation).

I don't know how I would have managed without your help. Thank you for being one-of-a-kind.

Sincerely, Igor

7/28/06
Dear Alan,

Thanks! Gillian