Aaron. Thanks so much. I'll look into this. It will certainly be very helpful to me. But I realized it's simple enough to just say:
%==== { \override Hairpin.stencil = #(elbowed-hairpin '((0 . 2) (0.01 . 0.6) (1 . 0)) #t) c''4^\> \repeat unfold 18 { c'' } c''\! } %==== I have a question - this seems to only work for hairpins one way, and so I have to change the hairpin direction to get what I what. I'm missing some point? Andrew