- spacing_p_ =new Spanner (get_property ("SpacingSpanner"));
- spacing_p_->set_bound (LEFT, unsmob_grob (get_property ("currentCommandColumn")));
- announce_grob(spacing_p_, SCM_EOL);
+ if (!spacing_)
+ {
+ spacing_ = make_spanner ("SpacingSpanner");
+ spacing_->set_bound (LEFT, unsmob_grob (get_property ("currentCommandColumn")));
+ announce_grob (spacing_, SCM_EOL);
+ }