| Bill, I suffer from the same problem (stand too high or bell too low) but for a different reason. I have a small overbite but not excessive. My "real" problem is that I have to wear bifocals. I've been using progressive focus lenses for several years but have to tilt my head "down" to get the music where I can read it. This, of course, puts the bell down too.
I recently got a second pair of glasses which are regular "bifocals" having the bottom section ground to focus at 3'. Seems to work but the line between "distance" and "3'" is too low so now I have to exagerate a "head up" to use the bottom of the glasses. The next hassle this has generated is that it puts the bell, my hands, or the horn (or all three!) right square between my eyes and the music. I would be willing to try contact lenses (I used to wear them for outdoor sports) but my astigmatism is on the excessive side for contacts these days. And I'm not willing to "roll the dice" on laser shaping of my own lenses.
I tried peeking through the curl in my right hand....nope, that doesn't work. I tried "cheating" the bell down a bit...but now the split in the glasses gets in the way. So I've kind of adopted a "bell to the right" position...which isn't bad but I have to rotate further right to read the second or third page. (Maybe I should just memorize everything?....) |