DAILY NO. 25 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS

Size It Up answers – September 25, 2026

The five music objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 25, 2026, with the measured size of each, the reference it was compared against, a source you can check, and how the community's guesses landed. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.

ROUND 1

Concert Tuba — 1 m

Answer: a concert tuba measures 1 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an acoustic guitar at 1 m.

Up to 5.5 m of tubing, wrapped into about a metre of instrument.

Common miss: players tend to inflate a concert tuba when it sits beside an acoustic guitar — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 2

Trumpet — 48 cm

Answer: a trumpet measures 48 cm (length / span), which is about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a French baguette at 65 cm.

About 1.5 m of tubing, wrapped into 48 cm of instrument.

Common miss: players tend to inflate a trumpet when it sits beside a French baguette — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 3

Double Bass — 1.8 m

Answer: a double bass measures 1.8 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.

Tall enough that players either stand or perch on a stool.

Common miss: players tend to inflate a double bass when it sits beside a refrigerator — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 4

Trombone — 90 cm

Answer: a trombone measures 90 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.

Measured closed — running the slide out to seventh position adds more than half a metre.

Common miss: players tend to compress a trombone when it sits beside a baseball bat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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ROUND 5

Concert Flute — 67 cm

Answer: a concert flute measures 67 cm (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.

Played sideways, which makes its 67 cm read much smaller on stage.

Common miss: players tend to compress a concert flute when it sits beside a domestic cat — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.

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