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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000023.txt from 2003/10

From: Dan Duncan <dan.duncan@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: bifocals and reading music
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:41:35 -0400

All I see on that site is lift chairs and motorized chairs. Do they
really deal in magnifiers?

On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 08:46 AM, Amy Cook wrote:

> One of the best retailers of magnifiers and low vision aides is a
> company called Independent Living Aids. www.independentlivingaids.com
>
> =A0
>
> This company caters to low vision therapists and clients, and they
> have a wide array of magnifiers.=A0
>
> =A0
>
> Speaking as an occupational therapist with specialty knowledge in low
> vision, I also recommend increasing illumination when doing close up
> work like reed-making.=A0 As the eyes age, we lose contrast sensitivity,

> leading to the need for better lighting and reduction of glare.=A0 There

> are some good magnifiers on the market that also include lighting, and
> they work wonderfully. =A0Some are head mounted.=A0 Another point
> re:magnification is that as we increase magnification, the visual
> field decreases, so use care in choosing a magnifier for close-up > work.
>
> =A0
>
> Amy
>
> =A0
>
> =A0
>
> <<<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.
>
> =A0
>
>
Dan J. Duncan
Professor of Bassoon and Oboe=09
Department of Music
Eastern Kentucky University
521 Lancaster Ave.
Richmond, KY 40475
859-622-1351
http://www.music.eku.edu/faculty/duncan/
dan.duncan@-----.edu