celesta

celesta, also spelled celeste, orchestral percussion instrument resembling a small upright piano, patented by a Parisian, Auguste Mustel, in 1886. It consists of a series of small metal bars (and hence is a metallophone) with a keyboard and a simplified piano action in which small felt hammers strike the bars.

percussion instrument Celestas look like an organ but sound like a metallophone Like a metallophone, celestas feature a graduated set of metal sound bars inside. When played, hammers strike these bars and produce sound, making the celesta a percussion instrument with a keyboard action mechanism.

Here are the key facts about the celesta: The unmistakable sound of the instrument is produced by its special mechanism: by pressing a key on the keyboard a felt hammer is triggered which strikes the top of a sound plate. Beneath the steel plate is a wooden resonator.

Celestes are instruments with a bell-like tone and a trace of mystery about them. However, both a celeste (sometimes called a celesta) and keyboard glockenspiel use the same mechanism as any grand piano. This means that anyone who plays piano will be able to play either of these instruments too.

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The playing techniques on the celesta are the same as those on the piano and range from single notes to typical figures: rapid scales, glissandos, arpeggios, tremolos, octave tremolos, chords.

The celesta is a compound idiophone like the glockenspiel, only it uses a keyboard mechanism rather than mallets. Perhaps you might also discuss these things: the piano and the celesta have a single manual (row of keys), whereas some harpsichords and virtually all organs have multiple manuals.

Celesta or keyboard glockenspiel The most important difference is in the touch and sound. While the celesta uses the characteristic felt hammers and produces a warm, rather spherical sound, the keyboard glockenspiel uses bronze mallets that strike stronger sound plates.

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piano The celesta looks like a tiny upright piano and sounds a lot like the glockenspiel with its delicate bell-like tone. Celestas usually have a keyboard of 49–65 keys. As with the piano, you make sound on the celesta by pressing down on a key with your finger, which lifts a hammer inside and strikes a metal bar.

History of the Celesta The Mustel brothers designed the celesta as a keyboard percussion instrument that used steel bars and wooden resonators to produce its unique tones. The bars were struck by felt hammers, which created a bell-like sound with a delicate and ethereal quality.

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