Re: making staves full of rests disappear in a full score

[David Kastrup]

Frauke Jurgensen <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello all!
>
> I have a large orchestral score, in which individual instruments at
> times are resting for many pages. I would like these instruments to
> disappear (those staves not to be shown) on systems where they have
> nothing but rests.
>
> The only way I can think of to do this, is to create a new staff at
> the point where the instrument appears, and to do so each time.
>
> Is there a less cumbersome way of doing this?

Check the notation manual, node "Hiding staves".

-- 
David Kastrup