# Musical Instrument Madness Round Three **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 14, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900 "2008-06-14T07:07:41Z")\ **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 14, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/1 "2008-06-14T07:07:41Z")
There was some tight competition in round 2, including two ties which I had to break (I casted my vote for French Horn and Harpsichord, two instruments which I have sitting within sight of my computer), and what is going to be disappointments for many of you (I’m sad to see the Marimba, Synthesizer and Mandolin go…and I’d be sadder about the Hammond Organ if it wasn’t knocked out by my preferred Pipe Organ), and this round is going to be even worse, especially with some of the traditional rivals going up against each other. Poll closes Tuesday night. Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet vs 4. Saxophone 2. Clarinet vs 6. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 3. Drumkit vs 4. Timpani 4. Steel Drums vs 3. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar vs 5. Banjo 6. Violin vs 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 7. Acoustic Grand Piano vs 4. Harpsichord 8. Electric Guitar vs 3. Pipe Organ ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/2 "2008-06-14T07:12:13Z")
crap, since I can’t report my own post, if a mod stumbles in here, please change the title to round THREE. thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/3 "2008-06-14T07:12:47Z")
Aerophone bracket: Saxophone Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: Timpani Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: Acoustic Grand Piano 2. Electric Guitar I reported your post to have the thread title fixed. ---
**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 14, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/4 "2008-06-14T13:41:22Z")
1. Trumpet 2. French Horn 3. Timpani 4. Vibraphone 5. Banjo 6. Cello 7. Harpsichord 8. Pipe Organ Alas! my favorite (oboe) is no more. ---
**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 14, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/5 "2008-06-14T14:12:55Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Saxophone 2. Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Timpani 2. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 2. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano 2. 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 14, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/6 "2008-06-14T15:04:12Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Saxophone 2. Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit 2. Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 2. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano 2. Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/7 "2008-06-14T15:40:55Z")
Voting in blue as before. [QUOTE=fusoya] Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet (this one was basically a coin flip) vs 4. Saxophone 2. Clarinet (ditto here) vs 6. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit vs 4. Timpani (Slight bias because my brother plays the timpani.) 2. Steel Drums vs 3. Vibraphone (As nifty as steel drums are, they just don’t have that many applications.) Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar (again, multiple applications trumps distinctive sound) vs 5. Banjo 4. Violin vs 3. Cello (the cello’s more mellow timbre wins out; plus, any instrument that you put between your legs = instant win. :P) Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano (even if the harpsichord is the spiritual ancestor of the piano, the latter instrument gets my vote for being way, way more versatile; plus, I’m a pianist) vs 4. Harpsichord 2. Electric Guitar vs 3. Pipe Organ (Since I gave one to the guitar earlier, and IMHO pipe organs have a slight advantage over electric guitars in providing Evil Villain Theme Music. :D) [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/8 "2008-06-14T16:10:10Z")
Aerophone bracket: 4. Saxophone 2. Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit 2. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 2. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano 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 14, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/9 "2008-06-14T16:13:14Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Saxophone [have to go with the sexier option] 2. Clarinet [same reason; not that clarinets are especially sexy, but french horns are even less so (sorry, **fusoya** )] Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 3. Drumkit 4. Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: 5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 6. Violin Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 7. Acoustic Grand Piano 8. Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/10 "2008-06-14T17:17:49Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Saxophone 2. Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit 2. Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 2. Violin Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano 2. Pipe Organ ---
**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 14, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/11 "2008-06-14T17:27:32Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Saxophone 2. Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 3. Drumkit 4. Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: 5. Banjo 6. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 7. Acoustic Grand Piano 8. 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 14, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/12 "2008-06-14T17:32:09Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet 2. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 4. Timpani 10. Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: 1. Banjo (I gotta go with banjo just because my FIL is a banjoist). 2. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano 2. Pipe Organ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/13 "2008-06-14T18:27:36Z")
Once again, my choices are in red: Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet vs 4. Saxophone 2. Clarinet vs 6. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 3. Drumkit vs 4. Timpani 4. Steel Drums vs 3. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar vs 5. Banjo, which I would have picked (heh!) over either the #2 or #3 6. Violin vs 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 7. Acoustic Grand Piano vs 4. Harpsichord 8. Electric Guitar vs 3. Pipe Organ I agree with your assuming the prerogative to cast tie-breaking votes. If I ever host a tournament (and I do have a couple of ideas swirling around in my head), I’ll make my votes worth 1.5 points each. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/14 "2008-06-14T18:46:49Z")
Aerophone bracket: **1. Trumpet** vs 4. Saxophone **2. Clarinet** vs 6. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: **1. Drumkit** vs 4. Timpani **10. Steel Drums** vs 3. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: **1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar** vs 5. Banjo **2. Violin** vs 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: **1. Acoustic Grand Piano** vs 4. Harpsichord **2. Electric Guitar** vs 3. Pipe Organ ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/15 "2008-06-14T22:23:12Z")
Trumpet French Horn Timpani Vibraphone Steelstring Acoustic Guitar Violin (I’m resigned to losing this one, though) Grand Piano Pipe Organ ---
**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 15, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/16 "2008-06-15T00:39:20Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet 2. Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit 2. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 1. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 2. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Harpsichord 2. Electric Guitar Joe ---
**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 15, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/17 "2008-06-15T01:03:28Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet 2. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit 2. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 3. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar 4. Violin Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano 2. Electric Guitar ---
**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 15, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/18 "2008-06-15T02:23:43Z")
Aerophone bracket: Trumpet Clarinet Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: Timpani Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: Banjo Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: Acoustic Grand Piano Electric Guitar ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/19 "2008-06-15T02:43:25Z")
Aerophone bracket: 1. Trumpet vs 4. Saxophone 2. Clarinet vs 6. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 3. Drumkit vs 4. Timpani 4. Steel Drums vs 3. Vibraphone Chordophone bracket: 5. Steelstring Acoustic Guitar vs 5. Banjo 6. Violin vs 3. Cello Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 7. Acoustic Grand Piano vs 4. Harpsichord 8. Electric Guitar vs 3. Pipe Organ ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900/20 "2008-06-15T03:53:47Z")
Aerophone bracket: 4. Saxophone 6. French Horn Idiophones/Membranophone bracket: 1. Drumkit 2. Steel Drums Chordophone bracket: 3. Banjo 4. Violin Electronic/Mechanical bracket: 5. Acoustic Grand Piano 6. Electric Guitar [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instrument-madness-round-three/452900.md?page=2)