Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

Hallo, Jef; thanks for the information you gave. You may quite well be right that I lack an understanding of the fundamental basis on which Finale works. Do you know if there are any of the help web pages that explain this basis? So far I have found various help pages that

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

hi michael, the issue you mention is not a "problem", it is design. think of notation software as a digital grid, not blank 2D paper. the extra staff/staves you add are present in the entire document (i.e. all measures/systems) but can also be hidden selectively in an instant. there are

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

Perhaps I can't comment directly on this issue as it's already emerged, but it does relate to an issue I expect to come up with my own work, but I just hadn't yet gathered what seemed like enough details to actually ask about it here yet. But perhaps I might try to briefly indicate my

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

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

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

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

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

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

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

Dennis would a marimba solve the problem, as that comes on a double staff? Ryszard ___ On 14/10/2017, at 11:26 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Fri, October 13, 2017 1:21 pm, Christopher Smith wrote: >> Can’t you just add a piano, then rename it to “cimbalom”? That seems way >> easier

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

On Fri, October 13, 2017 1:21 pm, Christopher Smith wrote: > Can’t you just add a piano, then rename it to “cimbalom”? That seems way > easier than digging into the configuration documents. You're right, of course, but then I have to un-name the piano from piano 1, etc. Since this will come up

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

Can’t you just add a piano, then rename it to “cimbalom”? That seems way easier than digging into the configuration documents. Christopher > On Fri Oct 13, at FridayOct 13 1:11 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Finale 25 Windows 10 > > This has got

[Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

Hi all, Finale 25 Windows 10 This has got to be simple, but I've never done multiple staves except by using groups or calling on Finale's built-in multi-staff instruments (piano, harp, etc.). I want to add a cimbalom as a multi-staff instrument rather than as a group. I can find nothing about