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Celesta
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Description
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.