The change of the range of the 
sign is certainly an inaccuracy of GE (→FE→EE). In A one can see that Chopin deleted the hairpin written over the part of the R.H., having the same range as in the editions. The new sign was written under the group of demisemiquavers introducing the theme and led further on, to the e
3 minim.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Corrections in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
