Doublereed Archive - Posting 000018.txt from 2003/10

From: David Lurie <david.lurie@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: bifocals and reading music
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 19:13:05 -0400

At 05:46 PM 10/2/2003, you wrote:
>Hi -
>
>Mid-range prescription aren't good for reed work. However, they work well
>when combined with a magnifying visor that fits over them. If I use just
>the visor, I'm only able to focus with one eye. (Magnification helps so
>much with tip work. I don't understand why more people don't use it.)

Good point. I bought a visor with a magnifier - 3X - which I use from time
to time, and it is a superb method to enhance your view of a reed, as well
as other things. I got it in a store in NYC for around $30.00

David

>For me, one eye is near-sighted, the other far-sighted, and neither is
>good a reading music or titles at the video rental store or prices on the
>shelves of grocery stores.
>
>- Phil Freihofner
>
>In a message dated 10/2/03 1:28:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>doublereed-l-request@-----.edu writes:
>
>>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.
>