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Sorry for not responding. Life took over and I forgot about this for a while.

I put together a script similar to Francis but I'm not much further forward. At least Timidity shows up in the Midi devices but still silence. I notice the wine midi mapper is still not present so I don't know what's happened to that. It was what I used in NWC2.5 and worked fine.
Playing back through my external midi player works fine so I can use that for the time being but I have to connect it to the computer (via USB) and turn it on at the mains too. having internal playback ready to go is useful for checking purposes. The external device gives better audio quality and is more comprehensive since Timidity seems to rely on freepats which does not implement the full standard midi patches.

Has anyone tried using fluidsynth with NWC at all?

I suspect some of the problem is a wine issue rather than a NWC one.

In a way, I kinda did make an option to revert back.  In case I botched it, I copied the php tool to another folder, edited it, and renamed it to "nwsw_ShapeNotesSkipSOL.php."  Then copied it back to the script folder and made a new command/link to run it.  If I'd run into problems, I still had a backup.  But, it worked out so I have either as an option now.

That is more efficient than the "brute force" change that I mocked up here. (I didn't realize that the "o" note shape had the same effect as a blank one).

Rick's change will make the tool always leave "sol" notes unchanged. One could instead add another item to the $AllShapeNotes array,  called "7-shape-no-sol" for example, so that the user can choose either behavior. (The command line options would also need to be updated to allow the addition prompt drop down).

Thanks!!!  I tried a little trial-and-error with the command line, which didn't work out too well.

Did what you suggested, which perfectly addressed the main issue that was perplexing me. 

I have noticed that where there are courtesy accidentals, the script turns those notes into ties in the conversion process.  Maybe there is a place on here to submit suggestions for fixes, but I've lost track of it if there was.

Down around line 40 you will see this:

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$AllShapeNotes = array("4-shape" => "dfgdfgc", "7-shape" => "abcdfgh");

I suggest a change to:

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$AllShapeNotes = array("4-shape" => "dogdogc", "7-shape" => "abcdogh");

Since you have been brave enough to look at the code, this should not be too shocking 

I don't understand PHP and the usage is unclear to me, but it would appear I should be able to convert standard to shape noteheads and make the tool just leave off converting one of the notes.  Am I reading that correctly?  If so, that might simplify things a great deal to just leave SOL out of the conversion altogether.

Down around line 40 you will see this:

$AllShapeNotes = array("4-shape" => "dfgdfgc", "7-shape" => "abcdfgh");

I suggest a change to:

$AllShapeNotes = array("4-shape" => "dogdogc", "7-shape" => "abcdogh");

Since you have been brave enough to look at the code, this should not be too shocking 

I created this a number of years ago, don't know if it will fly or not.

/*
 unShape.js  by Warren Porter


                                  Un-shape Tool
 This tool will remove the shape attribute 

 This tool can operate on ONLY a selected part of a staff, or, if nothing has been selected, the entire staff.

 To install:
 1) Save this file with the name unShape.js on your computer and remember its location.
 2) Start NWC and press Alt/F8.  Pick new
 3) After choosing a name and group, browse for this file and click "Open".
 4) Insert "wscript " at the beginning of the command.
 5) Clip text should be selected and check no options.
 */

rc=0, errMsg="";

function doProcess(clip) {
var displ=0, upDispl=0;
var result = new Array();
var lines = clip.split("\r\n");
  for (i = 1; i < lines.length; i++) {           // Main processing loop
	  if (/Fake/.test(lines[i]))
	    lines[i] = "#";
	  else {
    result = lines[i].match(/(\|Note.*Pos:)([n#bvx]?)(-?\d+)([a-h])(\^?)(.*)$/) // 1. Note thru Pos 2. Accidental 3. Position 4. Shape 5. Ties 6. To end of line
	if (result != null) {
	  lines[i] = result[1] + result[2] + result[3] + result[5] + result[6] }
   } }    // End main loop
  return lines;
}

var myLines;
	  myLines=doProcess(WScript.StdIn.ReadAll()).join("\r\n");

if (rc == 0)
  WScript.StdOut.Write(myLines);
else
  WScript.StdErr.Write(errMsg);
WScript.quit(rc);

Save it as unShape.js and follow installation steps at the top.