No comment on the <<(was Re: %#@$pers)>> part. If I had written that, people would say I needed to be medicated and kicked off the List and out of PTG for it. You see, it's all in whether you believe in and use HT's or not that matters. Contrary to what they say, <<It's not the HT's, it's your *behavior* on the List!>>, yes, it's the HT's, believe me, it's the HT's. You're cool if you rant and rave, badmouth most pianos and most people that work on them and talk about how you're the only good guy in town. That is, if you're an ET only guy. Now for the glasses part. Being visually impaired in one eye, very nearsighted in the other and in my late 40's, I can sympathize. Long ago, I learned the value of visually impaired techniques. They are the surest and the best. I don't need any jigs or Rube Goldberg type key leveling devices, let off racks and such to properly align and regulate any grand or vertical action. Yes, I do use what sight I have when I can, but the finer points are always made by touch and feel. From installation, tightening screws, and all regulating buttons, they are all done without measuring or looking at anything as a gauge or even finding where the screwdriver goes. It all comes out much better and easier that way than when I ever used those other unnecessary tools and jigs and certainly better than when I tried to *measure* things! But as for glasses, new improvements have been made in multifocal lenses. However, there has always been what the optical profession has called none other than "piano glasses". These are glasses with the full lens made for medium distances, such as might be useful at the piano or computer. I have many pairs of glasses. My sunglasses have only distance vision lenses. I have my regular multifocals and the ones that darken in the sun. I have a pair of "piano glasses." I also have a pair of bifocals with only near and medium with the lens divided roughly in half. I have a pair of full lens near distance glasses for when I have to do close work but need to look through the upper part of the lens. Splicing or replacing a string in a vertical makes these useful. In short, the older you get and the worse your vision is, the more kinds of glasses you'll find suit different needs. All glasses used for potentially hazardous repair work can be made as safety glasses. I could have as many pairs of glasses as Imelda Marcos had shoes. I'd get that laser surgery in a wink but they won't do it for me because I only have one "good" eye, so they say. Count your blessings. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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