Rocketing Instruments

 is a myth from the Rocketing Instruments episode of Season 1.

Myth
If a rocket is put inside various instruments, playing the instruments can cause the rocket to ignite and blast out, destroying the instrument.

Theory
When the fuse is lodged in and placed where the most vibrations occour, it will create enough friction to light the fuses, setting off the rocket.

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BUSTED

It turns out that the reeds vibrate on the outside of woodwinds instead of on the insides, brasses don't create heat at all, and strings create heat and friction, but not enough to light a fuse. Even if a rocket would ignite, it would just burn woodwind and string instruments. The MythBusters needed C-4 to blow up the brass instruments.