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Celesta

The celesta (/sɪˈlɛstə/) or celeste (/sɪˈlɛst/), also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to a four- or five-octave upright piano, 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)…

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HarmoniumAuguste MustelFrTuning forksDulcitone
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Use in other musical genres

Earl HinesJazz pianistsFats WallerMemphis SlimMeade "Lux" Lewis
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Overview

IdiophoneOctaveUpright pianoMusic boxResonators
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SchiedmayerYamaha
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Classification
Idiophone Metallophone
Developed
1860 · 1886
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
111.222 (sets of percussion plaques)
Inventors
Charles Victor Mustel · Auguste Mustel [fr]
Other names
Celeste

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Celesta

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related to Rock and pop · 89
Celesta → Ain't No Mountain High, Ain't No Rest, As If You Read, Baby It's You, Beautiful Thing, Bells, Björk, Buddy Holly, Cage, Cherish, Climax Blues Band, Controls, Crosby, Deon Jackson, Dreams, Eels, Eight, Elephant, Emerson, Enough
related to Jazz · 40
Celesta → Art Tatum, Buddy Greco, Capitol, Chet Baker Sings, Close, Columbia, Dream, Duke Ellington, Except Sometimes, Fats Waller, Frank Sinatra, Get Along Without You, Herbie Hancock, I'll Never Smile Again, In, Keith Jarrett, Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Lux, McCoy Tyner
related to Soundtrack · 19
Celesta → Another, Blue Fairy, Chocolate Factory, Composer John Williams's, For, Fred Rogers, Gene Wilder, Harry Potter, Hedwig's Theme, In, It, Johnny Costa, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Neighbor, Pinocchio, Pure Imagination, The, Willy Wonka, Won't You Be My
related to history · 18
Celesta → Auguste Mustel, Balletmaster Marius Petipa, Charles Victor Mustel, Dance, Fée Dragée, He, His, November, Op, Parisian, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Scotland, Sugar Plum Fairy, The, The Nutcracker, The Voyevoda, This, Variation
related to Manufacturers · 18
Celesta → Celeste MFGS, Company, Decatur, England, France, Helmes, Illinois, Jenco, Morley, Mustel, New York, Other, Paris, Philadelphia, Schiedmayer, Simone Bros, US, Yamaha
related to External links · 11
Celesta → Comparison, Listen, Marc Sanchez, Miles Hoffman, Schiedmayer, Songs, Sugar Plum Fairy, The Celesta, The Sound, Yamaha, Yamaha Musical Instrument Guide
related to References · 8
Celesta → Barry Kernfeld, Jazz, John Tyrrell, London, Music, Musicians, Stanley Sadie, The New Grove Dictionary
Developed · 2
Celesta → 1860, 1886
Inventors · 2
Celesta → Auguste Mustel [fr], Charles Victor Mustel
Classification · 1
Celesta → Idiophone Metallophone

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instrument used also music played sound one five-octave use celeste piano often usually french written jazz solo works symphony much

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CelestaClassificationIdiophone Metallophone1.00infobox
CelestaDeveloped18601.00infobox
CelestaDeveloped18861.00infobox
CelestaHornbostel–Sachs classification111.222 (sets of percussion plaques)1.00infobox
CelestaInventorsCharles Victor Mustel1.00infobox
CelestaInventorsAuguste Mustel [fr]1.00infobox
CelestaOther namesCeleste1.00infobox
Celestais atransposing instrument0.90text
Crippled Symmetryinstance ofand beyond.Twentieth-century American composer Morton Feldman used the celesta in many of his large-scale chamber pieces0.80text
For Philip Gustoninstance ofand beyond.Twentieth-century American composer Morton Feldman used the celesta in many of his large-scale chamber pieces0.80text
and it figured in much of his orchestral musicinstance ofand beyond.Twentieth-century American composer Morton Feldman used the celesta in many of his large-scale chamber pieces0.80text
other piecesinstance ofand beyond.Twentieth-century American composer Morton Feldman used the celesta in many of his large-scale chamber pieces0.80text

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