// of the system. This way, the tall treble clefs are only compared with the treble
// clefs of the other staff and they will be ignored if the staff above is, for example,
// lyrics.
- if (Axis_group_interface::has_interface (g))
+ if (Axis_group_interface::has_interface (g)
+ && !Hara_kiri_group_spanner::request_suicide (g, start, end))
{
Interval begin_of_line_extent = Axis_group_interface::begin_of_line_pure_height (g, start);
if (!begin_of_line_extent.is_empty ())