# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/21 "2008-06-22T17:40:58Z")
Trumpet Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/22 "2008-06-22T19:38:20Z")
Trumpet Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/23 "2008-06-22T21:16:08Z")
Drumkit Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/24 "2008-06-22T23:50:05Z")
Drumkit Cello Joe ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/25 "2008-06-23T11:28:46Z")
Can we not have Trumpet vs Piano and Cello vs Drumkit, so I can vote for Piano and Cello (my two instruments)? No? OK, in that case I don’t care what wins the first semi, as long as the winner of the second triumphs overall! Drumkit Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/26 "2008-06-23T16:10:38Z")
Trumpet vs Drumkit Hmmm…have I picked trumpet yet? I’d doubt it…it doesn’t really do much for me. **Drumkit** Cello vs Acoustic Grand Piano Oof…it’s tough to go against the Piano, but damnit, I said at the beginning that I was going to see the Cello all the way through… **Cello** ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/27 "2008-06-23T16:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] 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! [/quote] Dude, it’s the hipsters that chose the cello. Don’t kid yourself. Trumpet Cello Two awesome instruments to go head to head in the final round. Sexy and mellow vs. HOT. It’s gonna be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/28 "2008-06-23T16:41:04Z")
My lord, how does one choose between these? Let’s say Drumkit Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/29 "2008-06-23T16:54:55Z")
Trumpet Cello I like the Cello, the piano will probably win but I figured I just throw a little support to the instrument responcible for Apocalyptica 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/30 "2008-06-23T18:46:51Z")
Trumpet Cello - That was a tough one. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/31 "2008-06-25T22:51:33Z")
Sorry about the delay in tallying. I went to see Pearl Jam last night (see my last madness tournament) and completely forgotten about this. Okay: **Trumpet - 16** vs Drumkit - 12 Cello - 11 vs **Acoustic Grand Piano - 17** ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/32 "2008-06-25T23:00:36Z")
WHAT! Cello lost to freakin’ grand piano! I have lost so much faith in my fellow dopers. :shakes head sadly: ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/33 "2008-06-25T23:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] WHAT! Cello lost to freakin’ grand piano! I have lost so much faith in my fellow dopers. :shakes head sadly: [/QUOTE] I couldn’t agree more. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/34 "2008-06-26T07:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] WHAT! Cello lost to freakin’ grand piano! I have lost so much faith in my fellow dopers. :shakes head sadly: [/QUOTE] The cello is my favorite orchestral string instrument, but I sure as hell would be shocked if grand piano lost to it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/35 "2008-06-26T13:54:33Z")
Booo! Boooooo! Recount!! > [@](#): > > Cello - 11 > Acoustic Grand Piano - 17 Oh…well, ok then. Still not happy about it, though. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/36 "2008-06-26T22:11:08Z")
What’s with all the damn cello fans who didn’t even vote for cello? For getting the least number of votes in this round (and anybody is free to do their own recount…I sort of rushed it so I may have been off by a vote or two), there sure seem to be a lot of complainers! Infact what’s with the cello fanboys at all? Cello is an okay instrument, but it a whole different world from the piano. ---
**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 26, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/37 "2008-06-26T22:30:17Z")
It’s the vocal minority. They make a lot of noise, but the numbers speak louder. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/38 "2008-06-26T22:35:39Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] What’s with all the damn cello fans who didn’t even vote for cello? For getting the least number of votes in this round (and anybody is free to do their own recount…I sort of rushed it so I may have been off by a vote or two), there sure seem to be a lot of complainers! Infact what’s with the cello fanboys at all? Cello is an okay instrument, but it a whole different world from the piano. [/QUOTE] Dude, you are so wrong. Cello is SEXY. Warm, mellow sounds with a fretless fingerboard so you can turn the notes to liquid. Bow it and it can cry or sing, pluck it and it can laugh. It is also a very good looking instrument and gets bonus points for being both portable and played between the knees (again, sexy) Piano, on the other hand, has almost zero sex apeal. You MUST strike the string to get a note, and that strike can only be made loud or soft and nothing more (a little bit of sustain, but even then nothing like the cello). As neat as loud/soft is (and, yeah, it’s neat) it is, in the end, mechanical and lacks the humanity of any string instrument. Even brass and woodwinds have more life in them. Piano sounds pretty, and good piano playing is impressive and GREAT piano playing can get past the mechanical nature of the insturment sometimes even bending that nature to the musician’s will, but on the whole piano is boring. Like acoustic guitar. It’s ordinary and often not played well because it is too easy to play passably without any real skill. Also, for portability, it blows. ---
**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 26, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/39 "2008-06-26T23:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] What’s with all the damn cello fans who didn’t even vote for cello? [/QUOTE] Actually, everyone who has complained about cello losing, both here and in the Finals thread (basically the same people), _did_ vote for it. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667/40 "2008-06-27T17:19:53Z")
Well it still got less votes in this round than even drumkit…so obviously not everyone feels its the best instrument. Still keeps the viola tho… I have a portable piano. Its Virtual Piano software on my phone…i play it with a stylus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-five/453667.md?page=3)