diff --git a/music21/articulations.py b/music21/articulations.py
index 1d69a4fe0..e65200f41 100644
--- a/music21/articulations.py
+++ b/music21/articulations.py
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 from music21 import common
 from music21.common.classTools import tempAttribute
 from music21 import environment
-from music21 import style
 from music21 import spanner
 from music21 import style
 
diff --git a/music21/musicxml/xmlObjects.py b/music21/musicxml/xmlObjects.py
index a131ad191..5aea4f8fc 100644
--- a/music21/musicxml/xmlObjects.py
+++ b/music21/musicxml/xmlObjects.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
                                ('stopped', articulations.Stopped),
                                ('snap-pizzicato', articulations.SnapPizzicato),
                                ('string', articulations.StringIndication),
+                               ('bend', articulations.FretBend),
                                # hammer-on and pull-off not implemented because handled
                                # in method objectAttachedSpannersToTechnicals of m21ToXml.py
                                # ('hammer-on', articulations.HammerOn),