Klarinet Archive - Posting 000741.txt from 2002/03

From: "James Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Bifocals
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:17:22 -0500

I use bifocals in my orchestral/band work. They are for playing only, with
the split line set very high on the lens. The bottom 3/4 of the lens is set
for music reading. My everyday glasses are Varilux, a form of blended lens.
The don't really work well for playing because going from the bottom of a
page to the top of the next forces me to raise my head too high. They'll do
in a pinch, but the bifocals are much better.

I once saw a trumpet player in one of the major orchestras wearing glasses
with a rather big monocular on his left eye. Strange looking, but for him
it worked.

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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA
http://home.earthlink.net/~lytthans/index.htm
Principal Clarinet - La Mirada Symphony Orchestra
http://www.cityoflamirada.org/symphony.htm
Claremont Symphonic Winds
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html

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