part combiner questions

[Carter Brey]

Hello, all--

I'm about halfway through a big orchestral score (Tchaikovsky's Rococo 
Variations, Original Version), and I've been running into a couple of 
mildly  frustrating problems with the part combiner. I've enclosed a zip 
file with just the two flute parts to illustrate, although the phenomena 
occur in all the wind and brass parts:

1) Dynamic indications, both hairpins and dynamic texts, are duplicated 
in both parts even when they occur at identical times, thereby taking up 
unnecessary space above the staff;

2) The above phenomenon is not consistent; look at the (missing) 
diminuendo hairpin below the staff in variation 5, bars 239-240.

3) When there is only the first part playing, the stems are still up, 
taking up way too much space above the staff, and the rests for the 
second part are unnecessarily printed, even though soloAdue is on and 
the "I" is indicated next to the active part.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Carter

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