jef, Thanks for the info.
I found the file on Windows, but don't have any version of SQL installed. And yes, the staff name abbreviations are always needing to be changed. It would seem like such an easy addition -- a 'number of staves' column. Workarounds, then. Thanks again, Dennis On Sat, October 14, 2017 8:43 pm, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > 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. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
