diff --git a/customizations/mei-Neumes.xml b/customizations/mei-Neumes.xml
index 6d9a3c5e6..4cfcf426e 100644
--- a/customizations/mei-Neumes.xml
+++ b/customizations/mei-Neumes.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@
             <memberOf key="model.layerPart.neumes" mode="add"/>
           </classes>
         </elementSpec>
+        
+        <!-- remove custos and clef (among others) from within syllable -->
+        <classSpec ident="model.eventLike" module="MEI.shared" type="model" mode="change">
+          <classes mode="change">
+            <memberOf key="model.syllablePart" mode="delete"/>
+          </classes>
+        </classSpec>
+        
 
       </schemaSpec>
     </body>