– Backpack mounted fuel tank for marching band
– Burner ring around bell end instead of on a spike
– Automatic mode for moderate flame projection when upward inclined
– “En Flambe” manual mode for heckler suppression up for 30 feet away
Also, we need a trumpet version using blue alcohol flames, and a tuba version that can shoot flaming vortex rings.
The video takes place on the University of Texas at Austin campus; the tall building seen behind the band is the tower made infamous by Charles Whitman.
And as an Aggie, I am proud the tea sips found a way to spice up their band, even though it was a foreigner who came up with the concept.
Full disclosure: my daughter attends UT. She has always been a rebellious lass.
would the announcement of a new invention be accompanied by a condemnation of budget cuts.
This is an enhancement of the traditional proper use of the sackbut: leading parades. Imagine what 76 of these could do, properly arrayed and deployed, to an unruly populace. As Franklin put it, cheaper than a ship-of-the-line.
May 18th, 2015 at 6:56 pm
He’s got nothing on a flamethrowing guitar on a post-apocalyptic war-drum dump truck. #FuryRoad
May 18th, 2015 at 6:56 pm
Unlike the standard trombone, the pyro-trombone produces a warmer sounding note …
May 18th, 2015 at 11:02 pm
Improvements to make:
– Backpack mounted fuel tank for marching band
– Burner ring around bell end instead of on a spike
– Automatic mode for moderate flame projection when upward inclined
– “En Flambe” manual mode for heckler suppression up for 30 feet away
Also, we need a trumpet version using blue alcohol flames, and a tuba version that can shoot flaming vortex rings.
May 19th, 2015 at 12:20 am
Kinda like the bag piper better . . .
May 19th, 2015 at 8:06 am
The video takes place on the University of Texas at Austin campus; the tall building seen behind the band is the tower made infamous by Charles Whitman.
And as an Aggie, I am proud the tea sips found a way to spice up their band, even though it was a foreigner who came up with the concept.
Full disclosure: my daughter attends UT. She has always been a rebellious lass.
May 19th, 2015 at 1:15 pm
I thought we were talking about the first UT. The one founded in 1794. Texas is good too, though.
May 20th, 2015 at 7:41 am
Only in Austin…
would the announcement of a new invention be accompanied by a condemnation of budget cuts.
This is an enhancement of the traditional proper use of the sackbut: leading parades. Imagine what 76 of these could do, properly arrayed and deployed, to an unruly populace. As Franklin put it, cheaper than a ship-of-the-line.