diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5b3cc03..95fd6a3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-January 06 2023
+January 08 2023
 
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES b/doc/CHANGES
index 3683eb8..dca3e72 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES
+++ b/doc/CHANGES
@@ -15021,5 +15021,15 @@ directive is processed. There is a similar issue when
 parseSoundScore is called by yaps. We do not want to set
 *transpose to transp_score when the sound= is processed.
 
+January 08 2023
+
+abc2abc should replicate the score=, shift=, sound=, and instrument=
+directives but otherwise ignore them.
+
+Fix:  parseSoundScore() in parseabc.c does nothing if it is
+called from abc2abc and return 0. The function parseother(),
+which is called from parsevoice() or parsekey(), will output
+all other directives in the K: or V: command.
+
 
 
diff --git a/doc/readme.txt b/doc/readme.txt
index 7b4f2bc..1dae5da 100644
--- a/doc/readme.txt
+++ b/doc/readme.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 abcMIDI :   abc <-> MIDI conversion utilities
 
 midi2abc version 3.58 December 09 2022
-abc2midi version 4.82 January 06 2022
-abc2abc  version 2.18 June 14 2022
-yaps     version 1.92 January 06 2022
+abc2midi version 4.82 January 06 2023
+abc2abc  version 2.19 January 08 2023
+yaps     version 1.92 January 06 2023
 abcmatch version 1.82 June 14 2022
 midicopy version 1.38 May 06 2022
 midistats version 0.58 December 09 2022
diff --git a/parseabc.c b/parseabc.c
index 13c46f5..5532b67 100644
--- a/parseabc.c
+++ b/parseabc.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,8 @@ parsetranspose (s, word, gottranspose, transpose)
 int parseSoundScore (char **s,
 		     char *word,
 		     int *gottranspose,
-		     int *transpose)
+		     int *transpose
+		     )
 /* parses sound, score, instrument, and shift
  * according to Hudson Lacerda's pseudo code file
  * doc/hudsonshift.txt.
@@ -1040,9 +1041,11 @@ transp_score = 0;
 if (casecmp(word,"sound") != 0
  && casecmp(word,"shift") != 0
  && casecmp(word,"instrument") != 0
- && casecmp(word,"score") != 0
-  )
-  return 0;
+ && casecmp(word,"score") != 0) return 0;
+
+if ( fileprogram == ABC2ABC) {
+	return 0;
+  }
 
 skipspace (s);
 if (**s != '=')
@@ -1117,61 +1120,6 @@ if (**s != '=')
 
 
 
-/* parsesound has been replaced with parseSoundScore */
-/* [SS] 2021-10-11 */
-int parsesound (s, word, gottranspose, transpose)
-/* parses string sound = 
-                 shift =
-                 instrument = note1note2 or note1/note2
-  for parsekey() or parsevoice()
-  and returns the transpose value
-*/
-     char **s;
-     char *word;
-     int *gottranspose;
-     int *transpose;
-  {   
-  int p1,p2;
-  if (casecmp(word,"sound") != 0
-     && casecmp(word,"shift") != 0
-     && casecmp(word,"instrument") != 0
-     )
-    return 0;
-  skipspace (s);
-  if (**s != '=')
-    {
-      event_error ("sound must be followed by '='");
-     return 0;
-     } else {
-      *s = *s + 1;
-      skipspace (s);
-      p1 = note2midi (s,word);
-      printf("p1 midi note = %d\n",p1); 
-      p2 = note2midi (s,word);
-      printf("p2 midi note = %d\n",p2); 
-
-      if (p2 == p1 || p2 == 0) {
-          *transpose = 72 - p1;  /* [SS] 2022.12.30 */
-          } 
-      if (casecmp(word,"instrument") == 0) { /*2022.12.27 */
-          *transpose = p1 - p2; /* [SS] 2022.02.18 2022.04.27 */
-	  if (p2 == 0) { /* <note2> is missing */
-            *transpose = p1 - 72;
-	     }
-          if (p2 == p1 || p2 == 0) {
-            *transpose = p1 - 72;  /* [SS] 2022.12.30 */
-          } 
-	   if (p2 == 72 && fileprogram == ABC2MIDI) {
-            *transpose = 0;
-	     }  /* [SS] 2022.12.30 */
-       } else {
-          *transpose = p2 - p1; /* [SS] 2022.02.18 2022.04.27 */
-       }
-       *gottranspose = 1;
-       printf("p1 = %d p2 = %d transpose = %d\n",p1,p2,*transpose);
-     }
-  return 1;
-  }
 
 int
 parseoctave (s, word, gotoctave, octave)
diff --git a/toabc.c b/toabc.c
index 05c2d0d..74cb9ee 100644
--- a/toabc.c
+++ b/toabc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 /* back-end for outputting (possibly modified) abc */
 
-#define VERSION "2.18 June 14 2022 abc2abc"
+#define VERSION "2.19 Jan 08 2022 abc2abc"
 
 /* for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 or higher */
 #ifdef _MSC_VER