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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2003/10
From: David Lurie <david.lurie@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] bifocals and reading music
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:13:53 -0400
I'll tell you what I do, and maybe it will help. Before the era of
"monovision" lenses I used to wear bifocals, and constantly had the problem
of being able to see music properly because it always lied in the
"mid-range", too far from the near-vision lens at the bottom and too near
from the far range at the top. What I ended up doing was to get a special
set of lenses just for the mid-range only, and that worked out fine. I
could focus both on the music page, as well as on the conductor. They were
a little out of focus for working on reeds, but it was easy enough to
switch to the other regular lenses for that. I thought the "mid-range" was
a perfect solution to this problem.
Then later on I got a set of lenses for all ranges in one (don't remember
the technical term for it), and that was better all around. They're a
little more expensive, but worth it. I found out also that I can't go back
to the bifocals now, even though I might want to (which I don't), because
these new ones are so far superior in every way.
Hope this helps.
David
At 03:39 PM 10/2/2003, you wrote:
>Dear reeders,
>
>A few yrs ago I recall that there was some discussion about how bicfocals
>should be made to allow for the distance to the music rack. As a newbie to
>wearing bifocals, I find I can't adequately see the notes clearly at the top
>of the page; also, I use MUTS oboe support, so my head is relatively
>stationary, thus moving my head to accomodate doesn't work. Must I go back
>to my optometrist and have him re-do the prescription? Or, perhaps I just
>need a special pair for reading music. It'd be nice to have a pr I could
>just leave in my gig bag; I miss too many accidentals and grace notes
>without my glasses!
>
>I've been using simple +125 reading glasses from the drugstore for piano so
>I get the range of view and can move my eyeballs instead of my head.
>
>My optometrist also said I'd be a good candidate for mono-vision contacts. I
>found they worked fine for reading and everyday tasks, but not for reading
>music. The contact also irritated my eye too much, so I went to glasses.
>
>Maybe this could be covered in an article in a future IDRS Journal?
>
>Cheers,
>Miriam
>
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