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Instrument_name_engraver

Prints the name of the instrument (specified by Staff.instrument and Staff.instr) at the left of the staff.

Properties


instrument (markup (list or string)):
If Instrument_name_engraver is added to the Staff translator, then the instrument property is used to label the first line of the staff and the instr property is used to label subsequent lines. If the midiInstrument property is not set, then instrument is used to determine the instrument for MIDI output.
instr (markup (list or string)):
see instrument
This engraver creates the following grobs: InstrumentName.

Instrument_name_engraver is part of contexts: PianoStaff and Staff


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