Comment #7 on issue 2717 by [email protected]: Patch: Implement \hide as a shorthand for \tweak #'stencil ##f
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2717
Without a clear usage case (like getting some problematic Midi volume changes done in examples or docs), it does not seem like putting this into 2.16 makes sense. Not put on countdown for now.
