# Musical Instrument Madness Round Five **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 21, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667 "2008-06-21T04:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/1 "2008-06-21T04:31:47Z")
A couple tight ones there last round. Frankly I’m surprised that cello knocked out the steelstring acoustic guitar (I had no idea there were more classical snobs than hipsters on this board!), but even more surprising is that the electric guitar is gone too! Down to the final four! Closes tuesday night. Trumpet vs Drumkit Cello vs Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/2 "2008-06-21T04:45:03Z")
Weird choices! Trumpet Cello ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/3 "2008-06-21T05:31:30Z")
Interesting match-ups… Trumpet Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/4 "2008-06-21T05:42:53Z")
Drumkit Cello ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/5 "2008-06-21T06:24:41Z")
Drumkit Acoustic grand piano This is shaping up to be a really interesting final. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/6 "2008-06-21T06:38:35Z")
Trumpet & cello. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/7 "2008-06-21T09:13:13Z")
Drumkit Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/8 "2008-06-21T13:45:21Z")
Trumpet Cello ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/9 "2008-06-21T15:20:13Z")
trumpet cello ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/10 "2008-06-21T16:37:56Z")
Trumpet vs **Drumkit** [I had to make this same call when choosing an instrument in third grade!- but I’m going the other way this time] Cello vs **Acoustic Grand Piano** ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/11 "2008-06-21T16:47:35Z")
Trumpet (relatively easy; I love drums, but I am ultimately a classical music snob). Acoustic Grand Piano (much tougher; it comes down to this: I can sort of play this one, and you can build a music room around it). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/12 "2008-06-21T16:58:11Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Trumpet vs **Drumkit** [I had to make this same call when choosing an instrument in third grade!- but I’m going the other way this time] [/QUOTE] Ha ha, brass player’s remorse! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/13 "2008-06-21T18:02:48Z")
Two thirds of my favorite type of jazz combo: Drumkit Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/14 "2008-06-21T18:05:45Z")
Drumkit Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/15 "2008-06-21T18:16:30Z")
drumkit piano ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/16 "2008-06-21T19:44:25Z")
Of my Elite Eight choices, only the piano is still around for the Final Four, so it’ll be my pick (assuming it survives) in the championship round. Trumpet vs Drumkit Cello vs Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/17 "2008-06-21T21:25:54Z")
Sheesh… Difficult, difficult!! OK, here are my choices. TRUMPET (melody, melody, melody!) ACOUSTIC GRAND PIANO (sorry, cello… Real sorry! This was heart-breaking for me) Just my two eurocent! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/18 "2008-06-22T00:36:38Z")
Trumpet Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/19 "2008-06-22T01:04:53Z")
Trumpet Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/20 "2008-06-22T05:09:25Z")
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