Last spring, I finally decided that the $25 drug store glasses recommended 
by an optometrist 25 years ago were no longer doing the job, so went to get 
a "real" pair of glasses.  The sales pitcher for Progressives was 
invincible, so I ended up with three zones of curiosity.   My only absolute 
improved sight need was reading music, and he insisted that he served lots 
and lots of musicians.  Now I know why.   It is because they keep going back 
to try to get something that works, paying him each time!   The disastrous 
result was that the zone with music reading range was in the upper middle, 
meaning that to play the bassoon and read the part I had to tuck my head 
down into an impossible position for the instrument.   Like Decker, I am 
used to scanning the entire work surface all the time, and certainly music 
sheets.   He just saw the note dots one at a time.  The glasses guy and I 
never saw eye to eye.   After six months of trying to make it work, and also 
hearing the same sad stories from other musicians now that I had joined the 
Glasses League at coffee breaks, I went back for single focus lenses.   Took 
the bassoon and the music stand into the office, sat down and played and let 
him do the measurement for distance.   The result - perfection.   The 
distance is the same as for the computer screen and the position of the head 
of a hammer on a nail.   Hanging on the nose to allow good distance vision 
suits just fine for the on-off-glasses-in-the-pocket-on-the-nose routine of 
my life.   The message, make sure you get what suits your lifestyle, not 
theirs.   It is possible.


cp in bc





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Tegel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 5:26 AM
Subject: [BP] Hey, PALS


> Do any of you wear progressive lenses (PAL) for your work, especially 
> field work as opposed to computer work or just reading? I'm thinking 
> about focal range, clarity of focus, peripheral distortion etc. Have  any 
> of you with presbyopia found a really good lens? How about finding  a good 
> optician-- not one of these outfits that go for fashion? I am  away from 
> home (Boston) and just trashed my glasses. My daughter's dog  tripped me 
> (but that's another story). I'd appreciate hearing from  anyone's who's 
> succeeded in overcoming the issues.
>
> Thanks
> Mary
>
>
> hands-on impresario
> Tegel  Design +  Planning
>
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