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Oh my God I laughed so hard when I saw the thread title XD I'd go with a trombone. Looks like it has some decent length. Could block with it like you could with a flute, no? Though if you want to block there's always cymbals. You could beat people to death with those I'm sure. | |
I'll second the flute. Not only is it sturdy, being made of only two body pieces, but it's tube shape allows it to double as a blowgun as well as a short thrusting weapon. | |
Holy crap, I forgot the cymbals. With proper modifications, you could make some truly horrifying death-disks out of those, thought it'd take some skill to throw them right. | |
Flute my butt! I will kill you with this triangle! | |
If you have the high ground nothing beats the piano ;) | |
Conductor's stick, have you ever been hit with one? It freaking hurts! Probably the Bassoon, that thing is pretty heavy but not enough so that you can't make a good swing! | |
Oddly enough, my dad is actually a bassoonist. | |
An Upright Bass would be sufficient for bludgeoning. | |
This is perfect! You can conduct an orchestra fight! Maybe a battle royale style, put them all in a cage and only one can leave! Orch-dork fight! :D | |
You could use a violent to shoot things, like a bow :D | |
Laugh if you want but you could really bludgeon someone to death with it. Plus the inner edges can be sharp. | |
It'll also make the most pleasant sound when compared to all the other ones. Wait! Except a gong \o/ That's my choice btw, just fucking swing a gong at someone :) | |
Well there's the... The... And the... All instruments with the ability to shoot orbs of doom! | |
Grand Piano, deadly in jungle warfare..... (I would put a goon show clip in there, but I can't seem to find a Bridge over the River Why clip on youtube.....:( ) But otherwise, definitely the Trombone: | |
I thought this was going to be a thread about which is the best instrument (Which to me would be none, because they have to work together to sound good). Anyway i'll say that the piano is the deadliest, if you can lift it. | |
The violin is perfectly shaped for bludgeoning, and you could probably choke someone with one of the strings. | |
Does the electric guitar count? | |
Depends on whether modifications are allowed or not. If they arn't, I'd vote the Cymbals. While you would need to practice a bit to be really effective as it'd be an odd fighting style, you could easily maintain a solid defence. If they are, definitely the Tuba. Just the right size to accomadate your standard morter shell *evil laugh*
The problem with the violin (and pretty much any string instrament) is that they're very fragile and only really any good for one decent blow before you end up with just kindling and garrot wire (Go to the brass section for your melee fighters). Now, losen the strings a little and the entire section becomes your archers. | |
As a practitioner of Kali, I'd have to go with dual wielding flutes. Hefty weight, nice length, somewhat easy to grip. Of course if we're including 1812 overture then I'd say cannons would be the deadliest instrument | |
If it's a jazz orchestra, a saxaphone is a pretty well shaped bludgeoning tool (and it sounds freaking sweet, too) | |
I'm going with the flute since it can potentially become a disguise lightsaber as seen in the game No More Heroes Desperate Struggle- | |
Ummm... thats not a flute... its a recorder.... and my weapon would be piano wire... with a cybole sheild, and a guitar | |
This whole thread cracks me up, especially this:
My choice would be the clarinet. Light enough to swing, heavy enough to do damage and with ALL sorts of "pokey" things to cause surface damage! | |
Damn, I thought you meant this in a musical sense, in case I would have said timpani. I mean, that's the closest thing we as people have to creating thunder, which you'd think would at least get other people to kill themselves for you. My vote goes to the Bassoon. Not for any real reason, all brass instruments for the most part seem to be useful in a fight. I just want to be the first person to have killed someone with a Bassoon. 'BASSOOOOOOOONED! BITCH!' | |
The only I went with brass as my melee fighters because a metal club is a lot more durable then a wooden one. I do agree with you and Fiz though. A Basson would make a fantastic fighting staff. | |
The tuba is the most deadly instrument. It lacks the agility and precision of the clarinet, but the clarinet relies on the user being able to outrun it's target. The tuba on the other hand can be used to create highly distracting low pitch outbursts that could actually stun the target. The user can then jog up to the target and beat him/her repeatedly with it's fully weight. In the event that the target tries to defend itself with another instrument, the tuba also serves as a great defensive tool, once again you can use it's noise to stun the target, and then use it as a shield when they try to stab you in the neck with a clarinet. So basically if you have a tuba, you win. Also don't ask what if somebody else brought a tuba, there's only one tuba per orchestra. It is possible though that if a handful of people cooperated they could life the piano up and throw it at somebody, but it's rather imprecise. | |
The turret | |
I see someone throwing a french horn around like Xena did with her razor disc things. | |
Suspended cymbal. Good for sheildin' and for bludgeonin'. Edit: Plus the stand could make a decent wacking stick. | |
This suddenly reminded me of a busker near the train station where I work... he put a fuel cannister inside the bell and proceeded to play... with flames intermittently bursting out of the top of the bell. Looked pretty cool. OT: I am also reminded of something else... Bruce Forsythe and Roy Castle. Bruce is singing, but getting progressively pissed off up Roy's trumpet playing, which is getting louder and louder. Loses his temper, snatches the trumpet and stamps on it a few times. Roy picks up the mangled instrument and continues to play, albeit hideously out of tune. Bruce then snatches it back and whacks it in with a hammer. Roy gets it back, takes out the mouthpiece and proceeds to blow raspberries. Quite amusing indeed! Anyway, my vote goes for the glockenspiel! Take the small metal bars off and instant ammunition! Take the large metal bars off and instant impromptu implements of mass clobbering! Use the frame to block. So you can go stuff your one shot 'weapons'! =P | |
I would not agree with your statement about doing damage with a decent swing of the trombone. No, I must agree with you that the deadliest weapon is certainly the flute. The bassoon should be really fine for some heavy attacks though. I'm afraid it is far to brittle, however, so the flute wins out. | |
Trumpets are pretty deadly. Mostly metal, lots of sharp edges, and not too heavy, so easy to swing around & aim, yet still large enough to cause considerable damage in a few hits. ^_^ can you tell which instrument I play? | |
I guess I'll just have to go with general consensus and say the flute. BUT I hasten to add that it's by no mean the most fun instrument. I suspect that would be the double bass, because it's huge and hollow and when you smash it over somebody's head it probably makes the best sound. I'm now picturing the most high-class bar fight in the history of the world. | |
....piccolo? | |
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So I was at my dad's symphony orchestra concert today, and as I was watching the clarinet soloist, it struck me-
What's the most deadly instrument in the orchestra?
I mean, the clarinet is obviously really sharp, but the cello's got a bayonet built right in!
Even considering that, think of the damage you could do with a properly swung trombone!
In the end, I think I'll put my money on the flute. It'd make a good blocking weapon, what with it being made out of sturdy metal, and some proper sharpening could make it a good short spear.
So, escapists, what do you consider the most deadly orchestra instrument?