i think the max # of staves for a single instrument is 3 (organ). these things are defined in the instrument database, which i fiddled with several years back. on mac, you had to ctl-click the programme icon, as i recall. and select "show package contents". somewhere there was a file that could be opened and edited with certain database software programmes (like mysql). i did it to correct errors in finale's databases -- i think it was that bass trombone was set as a transposing instrument, and some other small things that i felt needed to be corrected. also i wanted to redefine the abbreviated names. but since this would have to be done for each new version of the programme, i decided it was easier to live with the errors, since most of them i would almost never, if at all, come across, and to manually edit abbr. staff names...
but if you decide to go for it, you will need to edit the database (appearance) and ensembles definitions. in the case of one piece with a 6-stave piano part, i would *never* bother with these kinds of hacks, easiest to just define it as a group. >On Sat, October 14, 2017 3:57 am, Ryszard Pusz wrote: >> Dennis would a marimba solve the problem, as that comes on a double staff? > >Yes, kluges are possible -- but I'm asking for the method to create new >multi-staff instruments for my default file that automatically show up like >the piano does with two staves below its name on the score manager. The >cimbalom isn't the only one. There are numerous instruments (including some of >my own design) that I'd like to have as two- or three-staff defaults. (I have >a piano piece on 6 staves and would love to have that show as a single >instrument.) > >So does anyone know where the configuration files for multi-staff >instruments is found? -- neueweise -- fonts for new music (and traditional) notation http://newmusicnotation.com/fonts.html shirling & neueweise | http://newmusicnotation.com new music notation + arts management + translation [FB] http://facebook.com/neueweise | [TW] http://twitter.com/neueweise _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
