DAILY NO. 19 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five music objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 10, 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.
The October 10, 2026 puzzle ran from an acoustic guitar at 1 m to a concert harp at 1.9 m, drawing on music. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a cello is about 1.5× smaller than a refrigerator.
Answer: Double Bass — 1.8 m. 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: Concert Harp — 1.9 m. 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: Cello — 1.2 m. A cello measures 1.2 m (height), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.
The body accounts for about 76 cm — the rest is neck and endpin.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a cello when it sits beside a refrigerator — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Acoustic Guitar — 1 m. An acoustic guitar measures 1 m (height), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a dining chair at 90 cm.
A dreadnought is about a metre long, but only 65 cm of that is vibrating string.
Common miss: players tend to compress an acoustic guitar when it sits beside a dining chair — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Drum Kit — 1.5 m. A drum kit measures 1.5 m (length / span), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, a three-seat sofa at 2.2 m.
Kit width is set by the bass drum and how far the drummer’s arms can reach.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a drum kit when it sits beside a three-seat sofa — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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