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+\version "2.14.0"
+
+\header { texidoc =
+
+ " Hara-kiri staves kill themselves if they are empty. This
+example really contains three staves, but as they progress, empty ones
+are removed: this example has three staves, but some of them
+disappear: note how the 2nd line only has the bar number 2. (That the
+bar number is printed might be considered a bug, however, the scenario
+of all staves disappearing does not happen in practice.)
+
+Any staff brackets and braces are removed, both in the single staff
+and no staff case.
+"
+
+}
+
+\layout {
+ ragged-right= ##t
+ \context {
+ \Staff
+ \RemoveEmptyStaves
+ }
+}
+
+\transpose c c''
+\context GrandStaff <<
+ \new Staff { c4 c c c \break s1 \break c4 c c c \break c c c c}
+ \new Staff { d4 d d d s1 s1 s1 }
+ \new Staff { e4 e e e s1 e4 e e e s1 }
+>>
+
+
+