Is a celesta a reed instrument?

Answer 1

I believe so... The celesta is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument vibrating itself, without the use of strings or membranes. Most percussion instruments which are not drums are idiophones. Hornbostel-Sachs divides idiophones into four main sub-categories. The first division is the struck idiophones (sometimes called concussion idiophones). This includes most of the non-drum percussion instruments familiar in the west. They include all idiophones which are made to vibrate by being hit, either directly with a stick or hand (like the wood block, singing bowl, triangle or marimba), or indirectly, by way of a scraping or shaking motion (like maracas or flexatone). Various types of bells fall into both categories. The other three sub-divisions are rarer. They are plucked idiophones, such as the jew's harp, amplified cactus, music box or mbira (thumb piano); blown idiophones, of which there are a very small number of examples, the Aeolsklavier being one; and friction idiophones, such as the singing bowl, glass harmonica, glass harp, turntable, verrophone, daxophone, styrophone, musical saw, or nail violin (a number of pieces of metal or wood rubbed with a bow). Other classifications use six main sub-categories, Concussion, Percussion, Rattle, Scraper, Plucked and Friction Idophones.[1] A number of idiophones that are normally struck, such as vibraphone bars and cymbals, can also be bowed. Mallet-struck tuned percussion A number of instruments fall into a sub-class within this group, and relate directly to the classification, tuned percussion. They are struck with mallets or with sticks. They include: kalimbas xylophones vibraphones glockenspiel balafons steelpan celesta, a keyboard-operated idiophone

Answer 2

No. Depending on your definition, the harpsichord is either a string instrument or a percussion instrument. It looks similar to a piano, but the strings are plucked by an internal mechanism instead of hit.

Answer 3

Nope! Reed instruments are instruments like saxophones, clarinets and oboes. Pianos are a bit disputable as to what class they belong to, so people usually put them in their own category. Before that, there was a debate over whether it was percussion or strings.

Answer 4

No. It looks like a piano, just not as wide. The keys are connected to hammers that hammer steel bars placed over wooden resonators.