+\header{
+% what's the problem?
+% well, that's elementary my dear watson
+texidoc="The decrescendo disappears when the part combiner decides that
+the a2 and c2 should be a chord in one voice. Using the commented
+version, with a c2 instead of a2, the decrescendo reappears."
+}
+\version "1.7.18"
+
+\score{
+ \context Staff <
+ \context Voice=one \skip 1
+ \context Voice=two \skip 1
+ \context Voice=one \partcombine Voice
+ \context Thread=one \notes\relative c'' {
+ c2 \clef bass c2
+ c2 c2
+ }
+ \context Thread=two \notes\relative c'' {
+ b2 \< a4 () \! a
+ %c2 \> a4 () \! a
+ a2 \> a4 () \! a
+ }
+ >
+ \paper{
+ linewidth=140.\mm
+ }
+}
+
+