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| ::: Seems to me that in this comic a super soaker was embedded within the trombone. Not at all related to the normal operation of a trombone, and not intended to be. --[[User:NeatNit|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit|talk]]) 15:10, 18 July 2020 (UTC) | | ::: Seems to me that in this comic a super soaker was embedded within the trombone. Not at all related to the normal operation of a trombone, and not intended to be. --[[User:NeatNit|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit|talk]]) 15:10, 18 July 2020 (UTC) |
| ::: I think Randall just felt that the way a trombone slide goes back and forth reminded him the way a Super Soaker is pumped. It's just a silly joke, not intended as a serious comment on how trombones are operated. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 17:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC) | | ::: I think Randall just felt that the way a trombone slide goes back and forth reminded him the way a Super Soaker is pumped. It's just a silly joke, not intended as a serious comment on how trombones are operated. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 17:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC) |
− | ::: I'm not a trombone player. I googled trombones and learned the trombone in the comic is being held wrongly, kinda upside down and like a water gun rather than an instrument, with the mouth piece very distant from the user's mouth. I play piano myself and don't usually see pianos disrespected, but they are very intricate machines involving great skill to make. It's notable a water gun is a much simpler machine than a trombone, which needs each part to be the perfect dimensions to make tuned notes. It looks like turning a trombone into a supersoaker might require hiding a reservoir in the flare, rigging the mouth piece with a one-way valve to collect air when "pumped", closing all the other valves and rigging a way to open the reservoir as a trigger. You would likely need to remove the reservoir to play the trombone again, and it may be a damaged from the pressure and airtight seal around the reservoir. Brass may also corrode from water. I'm wondering if it's exciting to see a trombone and then shocking and frustrating to immediately see it used so impossibly without any actual trombone experience demonstrated in the comic but I can't know. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.8|108.162.219.8]] 18:25, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
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− | I do play trombone and am impressed at that instrument is so accurately represented. A 'Trigger' on a trombone refers to the a valve, typically on an extra length of tubes called an F-attachment. this was both drawn correctly and used with good effect. [[User:Essaunders|Essaunders]] ([[User talk:Essaunders|talk]]) 11:51, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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− | Bagpipes. That's what I'm thinking next. Like [https://mobile.twitter.com/007/status/1066375901238181890 this] or [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OqgFY6ZhOfQ this] (possibly <!-- I've just started to get Certificate Errors on this connection, so linking it 'blind', will have to load it later to check it is as promised, from the /better/ Casino Royale film-->), but wetter. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.76|162.158.159.76]] 15:23, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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− | : I was also thinking bagpipes. The tuba seems like a rare physics fail from Randall, the bell would disperse any amount of pressure and not be a very effective soaker, unless you think the whole gun is hidden inside, in which case, what's the point, really. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.245|172.69.63.245]] 16:09, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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