GrandStaff - LilyPond program-reference
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#### GrandStaff

A group of staffs, with a brace on the left side, grouping the staves together. The bar lines of the contained staves are connected vertically.

This context creates the following layout objects:

Arpeggio, SpanBar, SystemStartBar, SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket and SystemStartSquare.

This context sets the following properties:

- Set translator property `systemStartDelimiter` to `'SystemStartBrace`
- Set translator property `localKeySignature` to `'()`

Context GrandStaff can contain FiguredBass and Staff

This context is built from the following engravers:

`System_start_delimiter_engraver`
  Creates a system start delimiter (ie. SystemStart{Bar, Brace, Bracket} spanner

  Properties (read)

  `systemStartDelimiter` (symbol)
    Which grob to make for the start of the system/staff? Set to `SystemStartBrace`, `SystemStartBracket` or `SystemStartBar`.
  `systemStartDelimiterHierarchy` (pair)
    A nested list, indicating the nesting of a start delimiters.
  `currentCommandColumn` (layout object)
    Grob that is X-parent to all current breakable (clef, key signature, etc.) items.
  This engraver creates the following layout objects: SystemStartBar, SystemStartBrace, SystemStartBracket and SystemStartSquare.
`Span_arpeggio_engraver`

  Properties (read)

  `connectArpeggios` (boolean)
    If set, connect arpeggios across piano staff.
  This engraver creates the following layout objects: Arpeggio.
`Span_bar_engraver`
  This engraver makes cross-staff barlines: It catches all normal bar lines, and draws a single span-bar across them.

  This engraver creates the following layout objects: SpanBar.

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