Control of spacing between left edge and first note

[Thomas Liggett]

Hi all,

I have a staff without any initial clef, time signature or key signature, and 
want to increase the space between the left edge of the stave and the first 
note. The method below works for the first system, but then reverts to the 
default (closer) spacing for the second system.

I’ve referred to the manuals and this snippet: 
http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=648

(I could only seem to control the spacing by retaining the clef (although made 
invisible as a point-stencil) between the left edge and the first note, 
although it would seem preferable to omit it if possible.)

Thanks,
Thomas


\version "2.19.41"

\paper { indent = 0 }

\layout {
  \context {
    \Score
    \override LeftEdge.space-alist.clef = #'(extra-space . 1) % space between 
left edge and clef
    \remove Bar_number_engraver
  }
  \context {
    \Staff
    \override Clef.stencil = #point-stencil % make clef effectively invisible
    \override Clef.space-alist.first-note = #'(extra-space . 1) % space between 
clef and first note
    \remove Time_signature_engraver
    \remove Bar_engraver
  }
}
\score { 
  \relative c'' { 
    \stemUp
    b8 b c c d d e e f f g g a a b b \break
    b,, b c c d d e e f f g g a a b b
  }
}