I’m doing some sketching on a piano line within an orchestral score. I went to add an extra staff and got a surprise. This particular player has two instruments - piano and celesta. When I go to add an extra line to the piano part it simply forces the celesta lines to be shown for the entire score …

Hi @michaelstarobin , I can confirm half of your issue: if I go in Galley view (where all staves are visible even if Instrument Change is active), I am able to add a staff to the Piano Grand Staff. If I switch to Page view, then I confirm that both instruments are visible (which means Instrument Cha…

I thought of using the ossia lines as additional sketch lines, but they don’t play back (which they shouldn’t for the primary purpose.) In my case deleting the additional instrument is more elegant as I can add the extra staff as needed as opposed to having it from the beginning and having to hide …

[image] michaelstarobin: shouldn’t I be able to add an additional staff to a player with multiple instruments? It’s indeed a known limitation: [image] Allow instrument changes when add/delete staff - Limitation Dorico This is not a bug, rather a limita…

Cannot you add a new stave then use Cutaways? And of course Cutaways can be manual only for the extra staff. [Screenshot 2026-07-25 alle 10.56.09]

Adding extra staff to player with two instruments - bug?

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charles_piano July 25, 2026, 5:02am 4

It’s indeed a known limitation: