I'm on the same page as sequoia, nothing is ever as easy as it looks, and there is something else wrong with it, otherwise it wouldn't have pulled apart like that. If it was an easy fix, why didn't the seller fix it before trying to sell it? My question Jerry, is why buy someone else's problem? There are a lot of ukuleles out there that don't need fixed. But if you like fixing ukuleles, that is a different subject.