Stieff bridge-like thingee

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OK, I'm still working on the Stieff upright.  I hope it doesn't become as 
infamous on this list as Stephen Airy's Ricca & Sons, but as things come up, 
I do appreciate any input.  So...

The bass has a bridge-like thingee on the tuning pin end of the string 
instead of agraffes or those little pins that stick out of the plate.  It's 
made of wood and has bridge pins.  It's not mounted to the sound board 
though.   Anyway, there are cracks in it just like in a real bridge, due to 
the bridge pins moving to the side so that they are nearly in contact with 
one another.  Needless to say, the tone in this area (wound tri-chords) 
suffers.  

Let me clarify that.  The pin farthest to the right as you face it is fine 
and could be left alone.  The other two, however, have drifted towards the 
right pin so that all three are in a little row next to each other, nearly 
touching, leaving an open groove from their original position to where they 
are now.  

I need to move the pins over so they are separated again, to where they 
originally were, but there's not really any wood there, just a groove where 
the pins used to sit.  Without replacing the whole bridge-thingee (I wouldn't 
know where to begin...) do you think I could just set the pins in epoxy?  
Would the epoxy hold the pin well enough to be a good termination point for 
the string?  I mean, there wouldn't really be much wood where the pins would 
be.  I would just fill the groove with epoxy, let it harden just a bit, and 
then insert the pins where they ought to be.  

Seems like it would work, but I thought I'd ask.  Wim, you've done alot of 
bridge work.  What do you think?

Tom Sivak