The task that I am assigned to do is to tell you about an instrument. The instrument that I am going to give you information about is the Celesta.
If you hear the word “celesta” there is a big chance that you do not know what this means. However, there is a high chance that you would recognize the music that it produces. The celesta was invented about 130 years ago in 1886 by Auguste Mustel, an organ maker. The celesta has a keyboard and it is shaped like an organ, but it sounds completely different. The sound is soft but able to carry over a good distance. Like a metallophone, celestas feature a graduated set of metal bars inside of it. When it is played hammers strike these bars and produce sound, making the celesta a percussion instrument with a keyboard action mechanism.
Below is the sound of this instrument. I found this information and the music on this website https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/celesta/structure/.