Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 2002/07

From: "James Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Help with tri-focals, & clarinet players.
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:05:27 -0400

I've used Varilux lenses for many years, but not for performing. Initially
the Varilux lens took some getting used too, since they tend to optically
bend level surfaces. The brain did adjust after a few days of wear, but not
before a funny episode with my school band. One day I was directing class
and glanced down at my principle flute (she was playing a new school
instrument that day). To my horror, the flute appeared to have a distinct
bend in the body! I stopped the band and said, "What did you do to that
flute!" It was only when I took off my new glasses that I realized that the
"bend" was caused by the optical distortion in the corners of the lenses.
Lucky girl!

My playing glasses are bifocals, with the close up part very large and set
quite high on the lens. I see the conductor out of the very top of the
lens, but the music easily fills the close up part, which is set at about
20-24". My optometrist designed these (he's a flutist), after some
experimentation

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Wer glücklich ist, fühlt; wer unglücklich ist, denkt.
-Joachim Fernau
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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
Concertmaster and Associate Conductor
Claremont Symphonic Winds
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html

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