// urg. Can't set this into Text_spanner, because we
// only want this for (de)crescendi spanners.
- cresc_p_->set_grob_property ("padding", gh_double2scm (1));
+ if (!gh_number_p (cresc_p_->get_grob_property ("padding")))
+ cresc_p_->set_grob_property ("padding", gh_double2scm (1));
daddy_trans_l_->set_property (start_type
+ "Spanner", SCM_UNDEFINED);