In the old well-meaning attempts by publishers to print a "correct" clef for the tenor voice I've seen the G-clef-plus-bracket that Mark mentions (the bracket is meant to be borrowed from tenor clef, I believe), and I've seen the double G clef, both on old choral scores I've found in church libraries. In the same dusty libraries I've seen a C clef centered on the 4th space (not on the third or fourth line). This was very confusing, as at first glance I assumed it was a regular tenor clef, and not a single note was correct! Of course, this would be read just like the 8ba treble clef, but I'm glad it didn't catch on.
The C clef with its pointer on the 4th space was one of the worst abominations since clefs have traditionally been oriented to staff lines, not spaces, and it was easy to confuse it with tenor or alto clef. There is one other experimental clef not yet mentioned that some publishers used on vocal tenor parts. It was a treble clef with a dash on the 4th space that had a little "c" connected to it. However, I think the one I hated most was the double treble clef. I was surprised to see it used in Robert Gauldin's 16th-century counterpoint book published in 1985 when the modern tenor clef was quickly becoming the standard clef for tenor voices. It's interesting to note that in his 18th-century counterpoint book he uses the modern tenor clef for tenor voice. It was published in 1988.
Hal
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