<HTML>In a message dated 3/18/03 3:22:14 PM Central Standard= Time, cedel@supernet.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The piano:  a 1972 Baldwin= Acrosonic spinet with finger rail action. The situation:  The bass bridge is unglued for about 5" in the first<BR= > octave, causing the lowest notes to sound horrid.  The rest of the bass= notes sound okay. </BLOCKQUOTE> Clyde You might find that when you pull the bass string off, that the whole bridge= is loose anyway. It might be held in place by the tension of the strings. O= r at most, if it isn't loose, it might come off if you pull on it a little. = Wim </HTML>