-Instrument names are generally printed to the left of the staves. To
-align the names of several different intruments, put them in a
-@code{\\markup} block and use one of the following possibilites:
-
-*
- Right-aligned instrument names: this is the default behavior
-
-*
- Center-aligned instrument names: using the @code{\\hcenter-in #n}
-command
- places the instrument names inside a padded box, with @code{n} being
-the width
- of the box
-
-*
- Left-aligned instrument names: the names are printed on top of an
- empty box, using the @code{\\combine} command
- with an @code{\\hspace #n} object.
-
-
+The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the
+@code{Staff.InstrumentName #'self-alignment-X} property. The
+@code{\\layout} variables @code{indent} and @code{short-indent} define
+the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first
+and the following systems, respectively.