Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2001/12

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Playing With Glasses
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 07:21:32 -0500

Lawrence Zaidan <larryzaidan@-----.net> writes:

>I am finally getting to that point in life, and was wondering if there
>is any experience you can share as to what kind of glasses work well for
>far-sighted musicians. Do those "half" glasses (the ones that look like
>the bottom half of bi-focals) work? Thanks in advance!

I'm seriously near-sighted, so my solution may not work for you, but I asked
my opthamologist to prescribe single-element, full-sized glasses that were
good at about four feet. This works well for me. The conductor is a bit
"fuzzy", but I can see motion in the distance just fine, so that isn't a
problem.

In my case, using the half-glasses you suggest would not work at all. I
have to read music through the upper part of the lens when playing the
clarinet, because looking through the bottom portion forces me to hold
my head more erect than is comfortable and the clarinet at an unusually high
angle.

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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