# Musical Instrument Madness Round Four **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 18, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306 "2008-06-18T05:03:37Z")\ **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 18, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/1 "2008-06-18T05:03:37Z")
Some real heartbreakers in round 3. Many of my primary instruments were knocked out (and all you clarinet lovers can just DIE already), and I had to cast the deciding vote for Trumpet vs Sax, which was a brutal battle. This round will be voting for king of the categorization! It’s also gonna be the brass vs reed (although that happened in round 3 as well), chromatic percussion vs drum, classical string vs modern string, and piano players vs guitarists AND electronic vs acoustic-mechanical round! I’m also feeling good about the seeding I selected, since nothing below 3 is left. You can vote up through Saturday afternoon, since I’m not gonna be around Friday night to tally. Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet vs 2. Clarinet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Drumkit vs. 3. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar vs. 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. Acoustic Grand Piano vs. 2. Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/2 "2008-06-18T05:17:25Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 1. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 1. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**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 18, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/3 "2008-06-18T05:39:18Z")
This last two are impossible. But here it goes: 1 Trumpet 1 Drumkit 3 Cello 1 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 18, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/4 "2008-06-18T07:44:27Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Clarinet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 1. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Electric Guitar[ Joe ---
**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 18, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/5 "2008-06-18T08:12:59Z")
It’s becoming harder!! Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet (sorry, clarinet, but here I prefer the trumpet) Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Vibraphone (I like melody!) Chordophone bracket: 3. Cello (mellow sound wins for me) Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. Acoustic Grand Piano (no contest here, in my opinion. This one sounds way better) Just my 2 eurocent! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/6 "2008-06-18T11:20:19Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Clarinet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/7 "2008-06-18T11:41:09Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 3. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**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 18, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/8 "2008-06-18T11:53:03Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Clarinet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 1. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 1. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano I’m a bit disappointed French Horn didn’t make it, I think it’s a much more interesting instrument than either trumpet or clarinet, but it was inevitable, I guess. I’m not really bothered about the first two categories; I hope the final is between the last two. Glad 'cello stayed, it’s one of my instruments. ---
**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 18, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/9 "2008-06-18T12:37:47Z")
Aerophone bracket: 2. Clarinet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 1. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 2. Electric Guitar ---
**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 18, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/10 "2008-06-18T13:17:50Z")
1. Clarinet 2. Vibraphone 3. Cello 4. Electric Guitar Sounds like a band I’d like to be in. Scoring for it would be fun, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/11 "2008-06-18T14:09:16Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet vs 2. Clarinet (despite your wish for my death) Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Drumkit vs. 3. Vibraphone (rooting for the underdog here) Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar (sometimes the odds-on favorite is also the sentimental choice) vs. 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. Acoustic Grand Piano (supporting Billy Joel here) vs. 2. Electric Guitar ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/12 "2008-06-18T14:18:31Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/13 "2008-06-18T14:21:11Z")
1. Clarinet (I’m voting for this just because you told me to die for my vote in the previous round. 😛 (Okay, actually I would have voted for it anyway.) ) 2. Drumkit 3. Cello 4. Acoustic Grand Piano (I guess I’ll go with this even though I am outraged - OUTRAGED - that the pipe organ didn’t make it. :mad: ) ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/14 "2008-06-18T16:11:33Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/15 "2008-06-18T16:12:22Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 1. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 2. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 3. Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/16 "2008-06-18T18:45:02Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. 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 18, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/17 "2008-06-18T21:36:40Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet vs 2. **Clarinet** Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 2. Drumkit vs. 3. **Vibraphone** Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar vs. 3. **Cello** Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 4. **Acoustic Grand Piano** vs. 2. Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/18 "2008-06-18T23:12:18Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: 1. Drumkit Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 2. Electric Guitar ---
**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 19, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/19 "2008-06-19T00:03:54Z")
Trumpet Drum Kit Acoustic Guitar Grand Piano ---
**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 19, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306/20 "2008-06-19T01:34:30Z")
Aerophone bracket: Trumpet Idiophone/Membranophone (still one of each left!) bracket: Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: Acoustic Grand Piano [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-four/453306.md?page=2)