Leave it up. It doesn't need to be pushed down except to tune it. And, when its ready to be tuned, whoever is tuning it can fix it.

Thanks TJ, it's certainly not affecting the way it plays and it has a nice loud wonderful tone. Just bugs me that nobody mentioned it when they sold it. At some point I'll get it serviced. Thanks for the help.

There's a chance they didn't know, not many players mess with the stops, and there's rarely any reason to, especially that one. I would have tried to close it for shipping, though.