vertical position of beamed rests

[Casey Anderson]

hi all,

we are beaming over rests with stemlets, which often pushes the rest up or down, but would like to keep the rest vertically centered in the staff. when we try:

\override Score.Rest #'staff-position = #'-0

the rests get positioned correctly, but the beam does not change accordingly to prevent collision.

any ideas on how to do this without resulting in collisions.

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