DAILY NO. 28 · 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 19, 2026 puzzle ran from a violin at 59 cm to a concert grand piano at 2.7 m — about 5× apart, drawing on music. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a violin is about 1.3× smaller than an alto saxophone.
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 refrigerator 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 refrigerator — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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 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.
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: Violin — 59 cm. A violin measures 59 cm (height), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, an alto saxophone at 74 cm.
A full-size violin is always about this long; smaller fractions exist for children, down to 1/16.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a violin when it sits beside an alto saxophone — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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