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p.1 #1 · Smoke Generation

I am going to be shooting a saxaphone and want to be able to capture some smoke wafting from the horn (im pretty sure thats what the sound end is called).

It is a fine instrument so we dont want to blow smoke through it, exposing the valves to smoke. Rather I would like to generate smoke in the horn and let it sort of waft out.

Does anyone know of any type of smoke generator (maybe along the lines of a "mini smoke bomb" that would be safe to put inside the horn and would produce a moderate volume of smoke. Im also looking for a whiter smoke as the instrument is silver.

Thanks in advance.

Nov 20, 2009 at 03:14 PM

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p.1 #2 · Smoke Generation

What about dry ice and water, I have not heard of anything that small that does not produce heat to create smoke.

Nov 20, 2009 at 03:22 PM

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p.1 #3 · Smoke Generation

How about using a traditional fog machine (party supply store) with a vacuum cleaner hose attached to it. Have an assistant shoot some fog into horn and then back away quickly. If you don't use ice in the fog machine the fog will have a tendency to float up rather than hug the ground. If it hangs in the horn too much, the assistant could blow gently into the mouthpiece. And if you use ice in the machine, maybe the fog would sit inside the horn and a gentle blow by the assistant might cause it to flow up and over the rim of the horn in a cool fashion.

I've never done this type of thing... just throwing an idea out there.

FWIW, I picked up a pretty nice fog machine on closeout at Party City the day before Halloween for $25.

Mark

Nov 20, 2009 at 03:26 PM

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p.1 #4 · Smoke Generation

A small piece of dry ice and water in a cup would do it.

Nov 20, 2009 at 06:10 PM

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p.1 #5 · Smoke Generation

Gregg Heckler wrote:
A small piece of dry ice and water in a cup would do it.

This...or maybe drop one of those little cone shaped pieces of incense down there...that would make a steady little waft of smoke. I'm guessing you can still get those, although I don't think I've actually seen any since the '70s

Nov 20, 2009 at 07:53 PM

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p.1 #6 · Smoke Generation

fog machine. inhale a lungful of fog, and exhale it through the saxomophone...

Nov 20, 2009 at 07:56 PM

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p.1 #7 · Smoke Generation

Uhh. As a musician, I would NEVER let anything too cold (dry ice) or too hot (burning incense) inside my instrument. What about hooking up a hose to a fog machine, run the hose inside one of the valves and blow it out the bell that way. Blow on the reed and it should help disperse the fog nicely. Otherwise, I like Mark's suggestion. Another way to do it would be to gaffer tape the hose on the side of the bell that is unseen.

-- Mark

Nov 20, 2009 at 09:13 PM

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p.1 #8 · Smoke Generation

Mark, I don't want anything too hot or too cold around my instrument either!

Mark

Nov 20, 2009 at 10:03 PM

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p.1 #9 · Smoke Generation

I know tons of smokers who play sax. Not sure what the big deal is. Blow a bit of smoke through it for the shot.

Nov 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM

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p.1 #10 · Smoke Generation

if your not looking for a lot of smoke
you could try smoke matches that gas fitters/plumbers use

smoke matches

or smoke bombs from a joke shop

joke shop smokebombs

or the old crushed ping pong ball trick

Nov 22, 2009 at 06:10 PM


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