Re: vertical spacing of piano staves

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Matt,

> \override VerticalAlignment #'forced-distance = #7
> Does anyone know a solution for this in 2.11?

Maybe try adjusting

    \override Staff.VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent

> The problem only arose when I started using the template for piano  
> centered-dynamics.

It might well be that using that ancient template is not the best  
plan -- check out Mats's post at
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-01/ 
msg00239.html>

Hope this helps!
Kieren.