Klarinet Archive - Posting 000071.txt from 2005/01

From: Simeon Loring <sloring1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] glasses
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:50:26 -0500

Dan:
I tried the style you are describing, even going so far as to bring a
music stand to the ophthalmologist. After suffering with the bifocals
(having difficulty getting the focus in sync with both watching the
conductor and reading the notes, and getting headaches when I really
watched the conductor), I decided that the degree of intensity that I
use to watch the conductor was not as big a deal as being a precise
player . Unless your prescription is such that you really cannot see
the conductor, I suggest getting carefully measured reading glasses
that have a focal length appropriate for the several distances you sit
away from the music.
Cordially,
Simeon
PS I use varilux lenses (graduated focal lengths rather than sharply
differentiated ones) for normal vision.
On Jan 6, 2005, at 9:33 PM, dnleeson wrote:

> I've been wearing trifocals for some time now and I'm having a
> pair of bifocal glasses made especially for playing. They will
> be like upside down bifocals, with eh little half moon on the top
> being a distance lens, and the rest of the glasses being a
> reading lens. This way I can see the music because I'm looking
> through the reading lens, but when I have to look at the
> conductor, I look up and through the distance lens.
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> Who else has ideas about glasses for the unsightly?
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> Dan Leeson
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