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A mobile band instrument repair shop is disclosed which includes a movable trailer with a structure having four interior walls and a door, each wall being arranged and specially equipped to perform different tasks in repairing all band instruments. The first wall is a customer service and instrument

A mobile band instrument repair shop is disclosed which includes a movable trailer with a structure having four interior walls and a door, each wall being arranged and specially equipped to perform different tasks in repairing all band instruments. The first wall is a customer service and instrument receiving area. The second wall is a brass department. The third wall is a woodwind department, and the fourth wall is a storage area. The brass department includes two different work stations. The first work station includes a foldable table for supporting a variety of different shaped instruments. A plurality of holes in the table receive posts in various configurations to accommodate the different instruments. The second station includes a plurality of different shaped and sized mandrels, and a mandrel holding fixture to hold various instruments during dent removal operations. Bannister rods, removably mounted to the floor, are also included at the second station for holding instruments awaiting repair. The woodwind department includes a shelf with upwardly projecting dowel rods which are received into cavities in woodwind instruments to hold them. A work surface and storage compartments for tools and spare parts are also included in the woodwind department. The storage area includes shelves and hangers for storing instruments and instrument cases. The trailer is also equipped with bottled gas and electrical distribution systems.

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A portable facility for repairing band instruments comprising: a mobile chassis; an enclosed structure mounted to said chassis; table means mounted within said enclosed structure for supporting a variety of band instruments, said table means including a top surface having a plurality of spaced apart

A portable facility for repairing band instruments comprising: a mobile chassis; an enclosed structure mounted to said chassis; table means mounted within said enclosed structure for supporting a variety of band instruments, said table means including a top surface having a plurality of spaced apart receiving holes; a plurality of abutting posts, said abutting posts being received into the receiving holes and extending upwardly from the top surface, said abutting posts being positioned in the receiving holes in various configurations to cause said abutting posts to abut against the variety of shapes of band instruments to be supported by said table means; and, the abutting posts include a wooden main body having a first end and a second end, and a metal post projecting from the first end, the metal post being received into a receiving hole, the second end including a domed portion, the wooden main body including a cylindrically-shaped portion between the first end and the domed portion.