diff --git a/include/note.h b/include/note.h
index 9927bcc11..acfe6267e 100644
--- a/include/note.h
+++ b/include/note.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * note.h - declaration of class note which contains all informations about a
  *          note + definitions of several constants and enums
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -119,27 +119,27 @@ public:
 		// using qSort
 		return (bool) ((int) ( *lhs ).pos() < (int) ( *rhs ).pos());
 	}
-		
+
 	inline bool selected( void ) const
 	{
 		return m_selected;
 	}
-	
+
 	inline int oldKey( void ) const
 	{
 		return m_oldKey;
 	}
-	
+
 	inline midiTime oldPos( void ) const
 	{
 		return m_oldPos;
 	}
-	
+
 	inline midiTime oldLength( void ) const
 	{
 		return m_oldLength;
 	}
-		
+
 	inline bool isPlaying( void ) const
 	{
 		return m_isPlaying;
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ public:
 
 	inline const midiTime & length( void ) const
 	{
-		return( m_length );
+		return m_length;
 	}
 
 	inline const midiTime & pos( void ) const
 	{
-		return( m_pos );
+		return m_pos;
 	}
 
 	inline midiTime pos( midiTime _base_pos ) const
@@ -169,34 +169,34 @@ public:
 
 	inline int key( void ) const
 	{
-		return( m_key );
+		return m_key;
 	}
 
 	inline volume getVolume( void ) const
 	{
-		return( m_volume );
+		return m_volume;
 	}
 
 	inline panning getPanning( void ) const
 	{
-		return( m_panning );
+		return m_panning;
 	}
 
 	static QString classNodeName( void )
 	{
-		return( "note" );
+		return "note";
 	}
 
 	inline virtual QString nodeName( void ) const
 	{
-		return( classNodeName() );
+		return classNodeName();
 	}
 
 	static midiTime quantized( const midiTime & _m, const int _q_grid );
 
 	detuningHelper * detuning( void ) const
 	{
-		return( m_detuning );
+		return m_detuning;
 	}
 
 	void editDetuningPattern( void );
diff --git a/src/core/note.cpp b/src/core/note.cpp
index f37c32403..5f2f40f90 100644
--- a/src/core/note.cpp
+++ b/src/core/note.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*
  * note.cpp - implementation of class note
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ note::note( const midiTime & _length, const midiTime & _pos,
 	m_volume( tLimit( _volume, MinVolume, MaxVolume ) ),
 	m_panning( tLimit( _panning, PanningLeft, PanningRight ) ),
 	m_length( _length ),
-	m_pos( _pos )
+	m_pos( _pos ),
+	m_detuning( NULL )
 {
 	//saveJournallingState( FALSE );
 //	setJournalling( FALSE );
@@ -78,9 +79,17 @@ note::note( const note & _note ) :
 	m_volume( _note.m_volume ),
 	m_panning( _note.m_panning ),
 	m_length( _note.m_length ),
-	m_pos( _note.m_pos )
+	m_pos( _note.m_pos ),
+	m_detuning( NULL )
 {
-	m_detuning = sharedObject::ref( _note.m_detuning );
+	if( _note.m_detuning )
+	{
+		m_detuning = sharedObject::ref( _note.m_detuning );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		createDetuning();
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -88,7 +97,10 @@ note::note( const note & _note ) :
 
 note::~note()
 {
-	sharedObject::unref( m_detuning );
+	if( m_detuning )
+	{
+		sharedObject::unref( m_detuning );
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -269,7 +281,7 @@ void note::createDetuning( void )
 
 bool note::hasDetuningInfo( void ) const
 {
-	return( m_detuning && m_detuning->hasAutomation() );
+	return m_detuning && m_detuning->hasAutomation();
 }