Helping leading brass player Steve Ridler to See The Music and more
When Steve Ridler contacted us, he had recently been to his local high street optical chain optician and was somewhat disappointed with the glasses he was prescribed. He had taken his music stand to the eye exam appointment with him, along with some sheet music. Steve had told his Optician where he needed his music […]
Now Edwina’s vision is Abso-Flute-Ly Amazing
Finding a Flute-ful solution Edwina Smith has been playing the flute for most of her life, her ability as a musician is beyond question. However, over the last few years, Edwina has had a few problems when playing. With her vision beginning to deteriorate Edwina, who plays for Yorkshire Baroque Soloists had tried various solutions suggested by […]
My journey to see the music – A guest blog by Bassoonist Michele Hickie
A Bassoonist’s vision and her journey to see the music Here we have our first guest blog from a very happy client. Read our guest blog by Bassoonist Michele Hickie from Phoenix Concert Band. Michele talks all about her musician’s journey to find the right glasses to help her. September 2017 A new term is ahead […]
Angelo gets his eye back
Geneva Instruments’ Angelo Bearpark get’s his eyes back Just imagine having a passion in life and it is under threat, all because your eyesight is failing. You’ve spent your whole life pursuing something you love, honing your skill until you’re at the top of your game. Then disaster strikes, you begin to have problems seeing […]
Clearly Harping on
Meltham’s Musician’s Optician It wasn’t long after we had opened our practice in Meltham, near Huddersfield and Holmfirth, that Rhian Evans walked through our door. A friend had told her about our new optician practice and that we specialised in helping musicians. Professional Harpist Rhian explained that she had been experiencing focusing problems when performing. It is […]
New glasses hit the right note
We can see a bright future for this young cornet player On this very wet September day, summer is now nothing but a memory. The kids are now all back at school and Autumn is with us, with the leaves turning to those beautiful reds and oranges. The beginning of the Autumn term is always […]
Music to our ears and eyes
Xanthe has fun with our new piano If you haven’t heard Allegro Optical has a new piece of kit in our test room and I’m rather excited to have a go with it. If you, in fact, haven’t heard (you must be living under a rock if you haven’t) we’ve got a piano! Yes, you […]
Seeing the dots
Whit Friday Marches The fabulous spectacle that is the Whit Friday Brass Band competition, looms large on the 9th June and we have had quite a few new customers for our musicians’ glasses. These are to help musicians cope with the different distances required during playing and marching. As we get older, our eyes are […]
Cello good.
Fiona Mayo BA(Hons) Dip Mus, LRSM, LTCL, is a Cellist and Cello teacher. Like many mature musicians, she was struggling with the effects of presbyopia. Sight reading was a problem as was focusing on the music on the stand. She was also having problems seeing the music when teaching, as she uses a shared music […]
