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I figured this out. I now see that Finale has an instrument named "Marimba [Treble Clef]".

Many thanks for your helpful suggestions. Much appreciated!

Stephen

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Zuill, Thanks very much for your reply. That makes sense. Finale thinks that Marimba is a two-staff instrument, which in orchestral writing is rarely the case. I long ago deleted the lower (bass clef) staff from the Score Manager. What else can I do to tell Finale this Marimba has only 1 staff, allo...

I am writing an orchestral piece with three percussion parts. The second staff is Marimba. When I try to change Marimba to a non-pitched percussion instrument, the Change Instrument dialog box does not show the complete list of instruments shown when changing instruments on other staves. This occurs...