Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-09-30 14:00
I do computer work for a living, so I have a special pair of glasses with prime focus at about arm's length -- about 30". These are perfect for reading music (as well as in art museums). Every optometrist knows what to prescribe.
In about 8th grade, the band director had everyone practice setting the stand fairly high, reading the music with the lower half of our vision, and looking at him over the top of the stand. In addition to being useful, it's a great excuse when the conductor says "you're not watching me."
If you can't see the conductor at all without glasses, a special set of bifocals is the solution, the lower half for music and the upper half for distance. Lenses can be ordered with the dividing line wherever you like. There are even ones for airline pilots with close-focus areas at the top as well as the bottom (to see the overhead gauges) and a long-distance area in the middle.
I agree with Gordon that Varilux (continuous-focus) lenses are not the solution. They're in focus only in a vertical stripe down the middle. My wife loves them, but they drive me crazy, and I would be a positive menace trying to drive with them.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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