[pianotech] TO TRY FOCAL OR NOT

[Susan Kline]

Lar -- multiple reading glasses. Well, to each his own, but I think 
that's lots less
complicated than bifocals, trifocals, trying to get the little screw in 
the glasses
hinge holding a maglight (when you could wear an LED headlamp, look ma, 
no hands), and
have other pairs as needed. I leave them spread here and there in the 
house, ready
for particular tasks, plus the two pairs in my purse. One medium, and 
full sized, for
chamber music, one little but strong, also can be mixed and matched.

Seems simpler to me, not more complicated, and certainly a lot less 
expensive.

Susan

Larry Fisher RPT wrote:
> Hi Wim and Les.
>  
> I had bifocals when still in school then in my twenties I was told I 
> didn’t need them.  Then in my forties I needed them again.  My father 
> cussed at trifocals from day one.  The size of the bifocal can be 
> ordered to your liking.   I’ve been using a straight lined style about 
> as wide as my thumb.  I use glass lenses for the protection since I 
> work with grinders, welders, and unidentified flying eye pokers from 
> time to time.  Yes I wear goggles sometimes and even though I wear a 
> welder’s mask those little black spatters still end up on my lenses.
>  
> ........  and then there’s trying to tighten the little screws with a 
> mag light and no glasses to wear because they’re in your hands being 
> serviced.  Yeah, great fun!!
>  
> I’ve considered putting in a small one in the very top of my lenses 
> for back action work on grands so that I don’t have to eat the edge of 
> the keybed AND hold my glasses up to see back there.  I’ve written off 
> the idea of a separate pair.  I like the simple life I guess.  Now if 
> I could keep the small specks off of the glass I’d be ahead.  Oh wait  
> .........  they’re moving around  ........  oh never mind.  That’s my 
> inner eye sack collapsing and deteriorating, hence the proliferation 
> of floaters.  Kinda reminds me of strands of celery with chunks 
> attached flailing about.  Catch them if you can!!  Fish bowl eyes.  A 
> flying circus in miniature.  What was that out of the corner of my 
> eye??  Something moved over there and now it’s gone!!  Someone just 
> passed by the window  ...........  OH HELL!!  It’s just my eyes 
> playing tricks on me again.  Personal entertainment center eh??
>  
> Trifocals  ........   I’m going to put them off for as long as my eyes 
> will let me.  I really don’t like giving up any part of the area of 
> vision/view on my lenses.  I got my first pair in about 4th grade I 
> think  ......  a long time ago.  Fins were in and gasoline went on 
> sale to 20 cents a gallon from time to time.  A new piano sold for 
> $700, tunings were $5 and television and photographs came in two 
> colors.  Glasses were made of plastic covered wire and some were 
> pointed at the corners.  A country boy from Tennessee had a bass 
> player in his band that wore huge rimmed black glasses.
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