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Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy

The most widely known use of the Celesta in classical music is almost certainly Tchaivoksky's 'Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy' from the Nutcracker. Here we see it danced by Larissa Lezhnina of the Kirov ballet company.

Mustel Celesta

This is a Celesta made by Mustel of Paris.

Victor Mustel invented the Dulcitone in 1860, but it was his son  Auguste  who invented the Celesta (or Celeste) in 1889. However this particular model was built by Victor and is clearly signed by him.

This one is ex-BBC from the Maida Vale studios and has been used and featured on many recordings and broadcasts over the years. It sold for £2,650 on Ebay. I think this is a good price - new ones are very expensive indeed.

Link: Previously on Squeezytunes: Jen-co Celeste 

Celeste

This is a Jen-co Celeste, which is pretty much a glockenspiel with a keyboard which in turn makes it the grown up version of a toy piano. It does have full size keys though, and these are usually quite valuable. This one sold for US $1,450 (£772) on Ebay.