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That is the version i ended up with when I upgraded to Dorico 5.

Very close to 10 X 13, which is common in the US (like a Kalmus or Lucks orchestral part).

This is a symbol that Bass players would instantly recognize. It does, as benwiggy wrote, mean down/up bow. For free bowing, best to indicate that explicitly.

I've rarely seen this used for the other strings.

Doesn't più p mean "softer than the prevailing dynamic", whatever it is?

David Ward wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 15:55 One must have the ability to express oneself clearly and simply; but is it always the only ‘good’ way?

+1

Let's be thankful that Mr. Ruggero wasn't James Joyce's publisher!

As MichelRE said:

MichelRE wrote: ↑05 Feb 2022, 15:28 (it's for viola, and it's in C clef)

That is strange, considering that Arnstein closed the business in the early 80's, not to mention that he died in 1989...

During the 1970s, most of the copyists who worked for Arnold Arnstein used, believe it or, not an automatic pen, but a simple holder armed with a very specific pen point, the Esterbrook 312 "Judge's Quill", which was the perfect pen point for music copying. It had with a long flexible tip...

Why not ask a harpist what they would prefer?

When I was a copyist for William Schuman, he would always have a harpist check over the part before giving final approval.

In my 25 years as an orchestra librarian and 40 years as a copyist, I do not recall ever seeing identical cues on both staves of a divisi system. One annoying aspect of Dorico is the way it handles bar rests in cues. There is no reason all three rests in the first three measures should not hang down...