Oy vey! :-(

Like a twat I *did* leave my fiddle out where the sun could get on it today. Looks like I got away with it though. Gonna be more careful!

Paul, you mean the ebony endpin button broke? Wow - ebony is no wimp.

When you said "button" for a moment I thought you meant something broke at the neck heel. My teacher always used to call that bit the button. Don't know why...