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Bridge issue! Help needed

Last Sunday I faced the following problem with my Clover Apeiron Bass:
A part of the bridge (don't know what is English name for it, a metal cube that stands under each of the strings) started to slide out when I play hard on the E string.
Here's the picture of the bridge I have on my bass http://www.musik-schmidt.de/osc-schmidt/catalog/popup_image.php?pic=2&p_id=22061
I was so happy with this bass before this issue, hope it is something that I can fix myself.
Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks!
 
It's called a saddle, and one of those allen screws (the one that locks it in place) must have come loose. Assuming you didn't lose the part, it's a relatively simple thing to put the saddle back in it's proper place and tighten the screw. If you don't know how to intonate the bass properly, you'll want to have a repair guy do it.