* Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely (Instrument names):

	Document a workaround for instrument names that collide with
	system start braces/brackets.

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+2005-08-15  Mats Bengtsson  <mabe@drongo.s3.kth.se>
+
+       * Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely (Instrument names):
+       Document a workaround for instrument names that collide with
+       system start braces/brackets.
+
 2005-08-15  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 
        * input/proportional.ly: use #'used property. Set break-overshoot property.

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@@ -884,8 +884,10 @@ Program reference: @internalsref{InstrumentName}.
 @refbugs
 
 When you put a name on a grand staff or piano staff, the width of the
-brace is not taken into account.  You must add extra spaces to the end of
-the name to avoid a collision.
+brace is not taken into account. The following property setting can be
+used to move the instrument names to the left, in such situations.
+@example
+\override Score.InstrumentName #'space-alist = #'((left-edge extra-space . 2.0))@end example
 
 
 @node Instrument transpositions