Handbell Notation for Small Ensembles

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Like many folks here, I’m new to Dorico and stumbling my way around. I’m primarily a handbell composer, and I write a lot of music for small ensembles – 6 to 16 bells, both with and without accompaniment; or treble bells with choir. This means I’m usually writing for treble clef bells only. So far, I’m not seeing an option for that in Dorico.

  1. How would I go about deleting or hiding the bass clef line of a player that’s programmed for grand staff? Alternatively, is there a way to create or select only treble clef when I’m creating a new flow for handbells?
    1a) If there isn’t, is there a workaround I can use in the meantime – perhaps a plain treble clef instrument I can add a name to later, or something like that?

  2. Best 2nd-party handbell plug-ins or templates for handbell notation? I’ve grabbed Larry Sue’s.

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Layout options, Vertical spacing, staff visibility there is an option that allows you to hide staves in piano music. There is also a Treble staff in the Sketch category when adding players. By handbell plug-ins, do you mean vst instruments? If so, I’ve yet to find one I like (that I care to spend money on). This thread Handbell notation and playback has a handbell template I uploaded (with the various symbols used as playing techniques).

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Thanks!