DAILY NO. 28 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five music objects from the Size It Up puzzle on September 28, 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.
Answer: a drum kit measures 1.5 m (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a 55-inch television at 1.2 m.
Kit width is set by the bass drum and how far the drummer’s arms can reach.
Common miss: players tend to compress a drum kit when it sits beside a 55-inch television — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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.
Answer: a double bass measures 1.8 m (height), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a US interior door at 2 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 US interior door — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a concert harp measures 1.9 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a double bass at 1.8 m.
Forty-seven strings holding close to a tonne of combined tension.
Common miss: players tend to compress a concert harp when it sits beside a double bass — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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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