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سلستا

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Also known as celeste

The celesta () or celeste (), also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box (three-octave). The keys connect to hammers that strike a graduated set of metal (usually steel) plates or bars suspended over wooden resonators. Four- or five-octave models usually have a damper pedal that sustains or damps the sound. The three-octave instruments do not have a pedal because of their small "table-top" design. One of the best-known works

Key facts

Instrument.name
Celesta
Instrument.names
Celeste
Instrument.image
Celesta Schiedmayer Studio.jpg
Instrument.background
keyboard
Instrument.classification
IdiophoneMetallophone
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
111.222
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
sets of percussion plaques
Instrument.range
C3 – F8
Instrument.related
Glockenspiel
Instrument.sound sample
Excerpt from Raymonda by Alexander Glazunov, arranged for solo celesta and performed by Celia García-García

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Wikidata facts

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Celesta.jpg
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Commons category
Celestas
Commons gallery
Celesta
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
111.222
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from
keyboard glockenspiel
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