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Celesta
The celesta, invented by Auguste Mustel in 1886, is a keyboard instrument in the form of a small upright piano that has a graduated set of metal plates (usually steel) suspended over resonating wooden boxes, which are struck by hammers and sustained just like a piano action. The tone of this instrument is surely well recognized in Tchaikosvky's "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker" ballet. This particular example has a four octave keyboard and one sustain pedal.
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1890–1920 - Maker:
Mustel - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.222 Sets of percussion plaques
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.222 Sets of percussion plaques
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Height: 870mm; Width: 940mm; Depth: 400mm