--- /dev/null
+\version "2.19.59"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "@samp{NullVoice} responds to @code{\\change Staff} as a
+@samp{Voice} would. In consequence, in the first shown system
+it keeps a single treble-clef staff alive. In the second
+system, it is in a single bass-clef staff."
+}
+
+\layout { ragged-right = ##t }
+
+music = \fixed c' {
+ c1
+ \break
+ \change Staff = "After"
+ c
+}
+
+\markup
+\score-lines {
+ \new StaffGroup \with \RemoveAllEmptyStaves
+ <<
+ \new Staff = "Before" \new NullVoice \music
+ \new Staff = "After" {
+ \clef bass
+ $(skip-of-length music)
+ }
+ >>
+}