DAILY NO. 42 · 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 November 2, 2026 puzzle ran from a trumpet at 48 cm to a concert grand piano at 2.7 m — about 6× apart, drawing on music. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a concert grand piano is 1.3× as big as a queen bed.
Answer: Trumpet — 48 cm. A trumpet measures 48 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a large pizza at 35.6 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 large pizza — 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 almost exactly the same size as the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 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 refrigerator — 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 1.3× as big as the reference, a queen bed at 2 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 a queen bed — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Concert Flute — 67 cm. A concert flute measures 67 cm (length / span), which is about 1.3× smaller than the reference, a baseball bat at 86 cm.
Played sideways, which makes its 67 cm read much smaller on stage.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a concert flute when it sits beside a baseball bat — 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.
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