DAILY NO. 25 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five music Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 16, 2026 puzzle ran from a trombone at 90 cm to a concert grand piano at 2.7 m — about 3× apart, drawing on music. The pair furthest apart was round 1: a drum kit is 1.2× as big as a 55-inch television.
Answer: Drum Kit — 1.5 m. 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: Cello — 1.2 m. A cello measures 1.2 m (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, an acoustic guitar at 1 m.
The body accounts for about 76 cm — the rest is neck and endpin.
Common miss: players tend to compress a cello when it sits beside an acoustic guitar — 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: Trombone — 90 cm. 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.
Answer: Concert Grand Piano — 2.7 m. A concert grand piano measures 2.7 m (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, an adult horse at 2.4 m.
A concert grand can be more than 2.7 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress a concert grand piano when it sits beside an adult horse — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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