<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>hey Bruce, I have bifocals and then single vision glasses for the computer & reading music at the piano.  I use the computer/piano glasses while I'm tuning--I find them a lot more comfortable for me.  I also have a pair of single vision readers for working on harpsichord stuff and other close up work when it's nicer to have single vision rather than do the head tilt necessary for bifocals.  Yes, that's a number of glasses that I haul around--the price I pay for working comfortably.  For the single vision glasses, I saved money by having new lenses made for old frames. Barb Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois <hr id="zwchr">From: "Bruce Dornfeld" <bdornfeld@earthlink.net> To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 5:58:41 PM Subject: [pianotech] OT At my last visit to the optometrist, a few months ago, I got a new prescription of my bifocal transition glasses.  The staff members talked about the "computer glasses" that Kent Swafford mentioned.  I think in 2013, I will get a pair of them.  They are designed to focus in between the reading and distance.  I may try putting them on when I arrive at the client's home.  Most of what we look at during a service call is in between, and these could fit the bill well.  I usually change from sun-glasses to others when I get to the house anyway.  We will see.   Bruce Dornfeld, RPT North Shore Chapter bdornfeld@earthlink.net     </div></body></html>