Paper_column *musical_column
= dynamic_cast<Paper_column *> (unsmob_grob (get_property ("currentMusicalColumn")));
- musical_column->set_object ("spacing", spacing_->self_scm ());
- unsmob_grob (get_property ("currentCommandColumn"))
- ->set_object ("spacing", spacing_->self_scm ());
+ if (spacing_)
+ {
+ musical_column->set_object ("spacing", spacing_->self_scm ());
+ unsmob_grob (get_property ("currentCommandColumn"))
+ ->set_object ("spacing", spacing_->self_scm ());
+ }
+
SCM proportional = get_property ("proportionalNotationDuration");
if (unsmob_moment (proportional))
{