Harriet Smith gets up from the table and walks away, embarrassed that she’s starting to cry.

“This is my home,” she says. “Now I can’t live here.”

Smith lives on Moorland Court, a few hundred yards from Rock Lititz, where rehearsals and sound checks for musical artists are causing sleep disruption, migraines, nervous dogs and even smashed glassware, neighbors say.

“The low-frequency noises being emitted are causing health problems,” says Dennis Zimmerman, of Coventry Lane. “And the noise intensifies inside the house.”

Area residents interviewed Monday all were upset about the noise — and, worse, the vibrations — caused by the facility.

Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Chief David Steffen said Monday morning his office has received at least 50 noise complaints since Oct. 1.

Rock Lititz, a joint enterprise led by music industry leaders Clair Global and Tait Towers, is the world’s first studio built to house production rehearsals and related functions of a large-scale concert tour.

But when the first rehearsal started about two weeks ago — rumor says it’s Usher — neighbors say it’s been nothing but headaches.

Literally.

“You keep hearing that sound in your head, even when it’s not there,” says Smith. “It’s a constant boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. ... You can’t live like that.”

Jen Wolf Fry, who also lives on Coventry Lane, says she is being “physically and emotionally affected by the low frequency bass resonating out of that eyesore. It's horrible.”

Neighbors say the sound begins each morning and continues as late as 10 or 11 p.m., seven days a week.

Studio manager Sarah Zeitler, in a statement issued by email Monday, acknowledged the problem.

“Rock Lititz management is working diligently with sound and construction engineers to develop methods to better contain and control the low-end vibration that is impacting the nearby neighborhood,” she wrote.

Zeitler said the studio’s current client will be finished as of Tuesday, “and the need for improved sound reduction impacting the neighboring homeowners will be addressed before the arrival of the next client.”

When the project was first announced, Rock Lititz representatives said the facility would be used only for staging, not sound rehearsals.

Jeff Vance, of Dorchester Drive, says the problem intensified when the tall corn in the field between Rock Lititz and his neighborhood was harvested last week.

“When the corn came off we lost that sound barrier,” he says. “It’s going to get worse when the trees lose their leaves.”

Zimmerman says he and his wife have suffered a variety of symptoms since the noise began, including headaches, nausea, stress, irritability, sleeplessness and high blood pressure.

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“I’m concerned about the physical and psychological effects on me and my neighbors,” he says. “I don’t feel like Rock Lititz is taking us seriously. ... But they’re invading my home and disturbing my peace. I cannot tolerate that.”

Moorland resident Shawn Sensenig says the sound vibrates through his walls and makes it difficult for his children to nap during the day and sleep at night.

“Our walls literally shake,” says Smith. “Our floors shake. I had two crystal goblets that were vibrating so bad, they crashed together and smashed.

“It’s a constant bombardment of vibration and sound. You can’t live like that.”

Even her dogs are nervous, often growling at the sound, she says.

“They have turned our house into a torture chamber,” Smith says.

Her husband, Loren Smith, says he spent $3,000 on triple-glazed soundproof windows that still can’t muffle the problem.

“We’re not against Rock Lititz,” he says. “We think Rock Lititz is great for the community. We want them to do well. But we don’t feel it should be at the expense of our homes and our health.

“I’m sure they’re going to make it right at some point,” he adds. “But we need them to hurry. They’re making our home uninhabitable.”

The issue will be discussed at a 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday of the Warwick Township supervisors.

Steffen said the police have limited authority to deal with the issue.

“Our noise ordinance doesn’t specifically have limits, as far as decibels or other measurable outcomes,” he explained. “And you can’t just say ‘Hey, this noise is interrupting these people’s lives’ — which it is, it’s a disruptive influence.”

Police can’t simply tell Rock Lititz to shut down its operation, either.

“It’s rooted in a legitimate business process, unlike a loud party or other disturbance that doesn’t have a viable commercial element to it,” Steffen said.

“Everybody understands that there is an issue that needs to be addressed,” he said. “This situation is important to the community. We’re working together to resolve the problem.

“One thing that did not present itself is a quick resolution, a quick fix. That’s not necessarily what the residents want to hear,” he added. “But their concerns ... didn’t fall on deaf ears. It’s a process, and I think we will come to a good resolution.”

Some residents likewise are confident the problem will be resolved.

“I think Clair will find a way to fix it,” Vance says. “They’re not a bad part of this community — I think they just didn’t expect it to be a problem.

“But hey, until you fix it, let’s not go past 6 or 8 o’clock.”