diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6b76cdd..89e8a23 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-February 25 2024
+March 03 2024
 
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES
index ccc45b5..1b71f87 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES
+++ b/doc/CHANGES
@@ -15379,7 +15379,7 @@ Fix: commented out the line in isclef() which zeros the octave_offset.
 
 February 25 2024
 
-abcmidi note:
+abc2midi note:
 
 Besides clef=treble-8, the abcmidi 2.2 standard also recognizes
 clef=treble_8, clef=treble^8 and etc. These clefs do not transpose
@@ -15396,3 +15396,57 @@ It is necessary to use the new function, readword_with_()
 which does not break the string on encountering either
 the underscore _ or caret ^.
 
+
+March 02 2024
+
+abc2midi deviance from abc standard 2.2
+
+The clef=, octave=, and transpose= in the V: command are
+expected to be persistant and independent of each other. They
+are changed independently any time a new clef=, octave=,
+or transpose= appears.  These are stored in 3 variables.
+And the pitch of a note is assigned the sum of these values.
+
+Analysis:
+event_note computes the midi pitch from note (one of a,b,c,d,e,f,g),
+the xoctave, clef, accidental, and mult which are all input
+parameters to that function. In addition it accesses the global
+voice structure v of the active voice to get the octaveshift
+for that voice. The function computes the local variable octave
+from xoctave, clef->octave_offset and v->octaveshift. 
+
+Prior to this fix and since May 21 2021, the local variable
+octave was either assigned to the value of
+clef->octave_offset + xoctave or to v->octaveshift + xoctave when
+v->octaveshift is nonzero. In addition, event_voice also changes
+v->octaveshift when it encounters a new clef=.
+
+Fix:
+
+In order to comply with this standard, the code in event_voice
+was modified to prevent clef= from modifying v->octaveshift. In
+addition event_note now computes octave as below.
+ octave = clef->octave_offset + v->octaveshift + xoctave;  /*[SS] 2024-03-02*/
+
+Note this is a significant change as it could break some abc
+files. For example, if the user put clef=treble+8 and also
+octave=+1, just to be safe, then the resulting octave would be higher
+than expected. Fortunately, octave= is still rarely used.
+
+Here is the test file for verifying this fix.
+
+X:1
+T:Test for octave shifts in sound
+M:4/4
+K:C
+% The following seven notes should have equal sound
+V:1 clef=treble
+d8 |\
+[V:1 clef=treble+8] D8 |\ 
+[V:1 octave=-1] d8 |\  
+[V:1 transpose=12] D8 |\
+[V:1 clef=treble] d8 |\
+[V:1 octave=0] D8 |\
+[V:1 transpose=0] d8 |]
+
+
diff --git a/doc/readme.txt b/doc/readme.txt
index dc25aa7..cfc479c 100644
--- a/doc/readme.txt
+++ b/doc/readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 abcMIDI :   abc <-> MIDI conversion utilities
 
 midi2abc version 3.59 February 08 2023
-abc2midi version 4.90 February 25 2024
+abc2midi version 4.91 March 02 2024
 abc2abc  version 2.21 February 19 2024
 yaps     version 1.93 February 19 2024
 abcmatch version 1.83 February 19 2024
diff --git a/store.c b/store.c
index 011ae5c..6b43d43 100644
--- a/store.c
+++ b/store.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int main()
 
 */
 
-#define VERSION "4.90 February 25 2024 abc2midi" 
+#define VERSION "4.91 March 02 2024 abc2midi" 
 
 /* enables reading V: indication in header */
 #define XTEN1 1
@@ -2976,10 +2976,11 @@ struct voice_params *vp;
     v = getvoicecontext(n); 
     addfeature(VOICE, v->indexno, 0, 0); 
     
-    if (vp->gotclef)
+    /*****if (vp->gotclef)
     {
       event_octave(vp->new_clef.octave_offset, 1);
-    }
+    }*** [SS] 2024-03.02 */
+
     if (vp->gotoctave) {
       event_octave(vp->octave,1);
     };
@@ -4304,11 +4305,16 @@ int xoctave, n, m;
     event_fatal_error("Internal error - no voice allocated");
   };
   if (gracenotes && ignore_gracenotes) return; /* [SS] 2010-01-08 */
-  if (v->octaveshift == 0) {  /* [JA] 2021-05-21 */
+
+/* [SS] 2024-03-02
+  printf("clef->octave_offset = %d v->octaveshift = %d\n",clef->octave_offset,v->octaveshift);
+  if (v->octaveshift == 0) {   [JA] 2021-05-21 
     octave = xoctave + clef->octave_offset;
   } else {
     octave = xoctave + v->octaveshift;
   }
+*/
+  octave = clef->octave_offset + v->octaveshift + xoctave;  /*[SS] 2024-03-02*/
   num = n;
   denom = m;
   if (v->inchord) v->chordcount = v->chordcount + 1;