[pianotech] OT

Susan Kline skline at peak.org
Thu Dec 27 18:20:38 MST 2012


Being independent and self-sufficient (and some might say cheap), I buy 
drugstore reading
glasses in several strengths, and use them for particular tasks as 
needed. Some are extremely
tiny and fold into cute little cases which hardly take any room in my 
purse. My strongest
small pair was made in China, and cost all of $5 at BiMart, complete 
with its little metal
case.

I use the medium strength for general tuning, but I use the stronger 
little tiny ones for
reading maps in good light, and for close-up work such as getting a 
piano wire into the hole
in the tuning pin. For extremely trying tasks, such as reading a road 
map in poor light, I
put on both pairs at once, the smaller ones on the inside.

I also carry a 4-LED headlamp. Sometimes one can substitute brighter 
light for stronger
lenses.

I'd much rather grab the right pair of glasses than fiddle around with 
bifocals or
trifocals. So far no cataracts, thank heavens. That wouldn't be a 
fix-it-yourself problem.

Susan Kline, 66

Mark Schecter wrote:
> Les, 
>
> I got trifocals for the first time and don't find them usable. The 
> closeup wedge at the bottom is so narrow I have to move my head to 
> read the next line. Never tried reversing positions. 
>
> ~Mark Schecter
>>
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