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For years - in the repair industry - we've struggled with rocks, but - for most applications, they're really just too large.

Last night, it came to me: the "HANDROK™".

- It's small enough to fit in the palm of the hand.
- It can be used to knock down high spots, rub out creases in brass instrument bells, burnish pistons/rotors, chip off small pieces to use as replacement finger pearls, and several other applications.
- In the realm of woodwind repair, it can be used to adjust stubborn piccolos.


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First lever, now HANDROK™?!

Caveman like!

What next? Something help move tuba cases? No more carry or drag?
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MiBrassFS wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:38 am First lever, now HANDROK™?!

Caveman like!

What next? Something help move tuba cases? No more carry or drag?

Only a few dozen people
(mostly professionals, but also some community bandsmen who play those July gigs two miles from their assigned parking areas)
have purchased the location-programmable (with manual override)

bLOKE-O-DROP™ tuba/case delivery system.
(liability insurance available for an additional fee, or - purchase five and receive one year of insurance for free!)

hey...It ain't my damn fault that y'all (particularly you behind-the-times peeps - who fancy yourselves to be "engineers") don't keep up with the latest technology. :facepalm2:


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You've given me a great idea
StikRok

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You can upgrade your Handrok with a handle subscription for only $9.99/month.
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