Re: Stem extension troubles...

[Chakat Sandwalker]

Thanks for the suggestions.  They were quite helpful, and I'll be sure 
to keep them in case I have other uses for them in future.  I also 
discovered that introducing a second Voice for that bar allows me to 
typeset the score as originally written (i.e. with a tie held into a 
note/rest chord) using the following:

\layout{ragged-right=##t}
\voiceOne << \clef treble {g8[ c16 g~] g4}
\new Voice="1" { \voiceTwo r4 r8 \clef bass <g,,, g'> } \oneVoice >> 
\oneVoice

It's clunky (isn't a lot of code?) but it works.

Again, thanks for the provided suggestions.

Sandy