DAILY NO. 37 · 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 28, 2026 puzzle ran from a trumpet at 48 cm to a drum kit at 1.5 m — about 3× apart, drawing on music. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a drum kit is 1.6× as big as a golden retriever.
Answer: Trumpet — 48 cm. A trumpet measures 48 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a domestic cat at 46 cm.
About 1.5 m of tubing, wrapped into 48 cm of instrument.
Common miss: players tend to compress a trumpet when it sits beside a domestic cat — 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 about 1.4× smaller than the reference, a 55-inch television at 1.2 m.
Measured closed — running the slide out to seventh position adds more than half a metre.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a trombone when it sits beside a 55-inch television — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Alto Saxophone — 74 cm. An alto saxophone measures 74 cm (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a violin at 59 cm.
The bend and the bell fold more than a metre of tubing into 74 cm of instrument.
Common miss: players tend to compress an alto saxophone when it sits beside a violin — 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 1.6× as big as the reference, a golden retriever at 94 cm.
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 golden retriever — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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