The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 15, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 May 1970 — Page 23

MO D ACOUSTICAL ceiling are illustrated here. Left, wire supports grid system, and grid snaps together. Then 2' x4' Fiberglas panels can be dropped into place.

Acoustical Ceiling Offers Way to Suspend Noise

A suspended acoustical room, ceiling installs quickly, eas- To modernize a room, th? ily and helps a do-it-your- new ceiling can be lowered selfer put new luxury in any to any height or can be in-

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