Klarinet Archive - Posting 000845.txt from 1999/04

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Progressive lenses & music-reading glasses
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:47:55 -0400

I've been using computer/music glasses for about the past 5 years, both for
computer and for clarinet. Single focus - at my current stage of
presbyopia, I can see clearly from about 18 inches to 5 ft with them. The
conductor is fuzzy, of course, but visable from a band clarinet seat - I
might have to do something else in an orchestra. For singing, however, the
standard bifocals are better - one is often forced to hold the music closer
than one would like.

At 07:52 PM 4/18/99 -0400, Bill Hausman wrote:
>At 09:38 AM 4/18/99 -0700, Margaret Squires wrote:
>>One of the musicians in our area had a pair of music glasses. They were
>>bifocals. The majority of the lens was for reading the music. The top
>1/4" of
>>the lens was for distance so that he could see the conductor.
>>
>Perfect solution for those who don't like to see fuzzy conductors. I
>understand similar glasses are quite effective for computer use. If I
>would only break down and get some, maybe I wouldn't get a stiff neck from
>reading my e-mail with standard bifocals! Personally, I use inexpensive
>drugstore reading glasses for music reading. As long as your two eyes
>aren't greatly different from each other, this will work.
>
>
>
>Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
>451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
>Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
> ICQ UIN 4862265
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>
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