Compare a tenor horn, baritone, ebephone, tuba. All basically the same shame but different sizes. Because changing the size the instrument changes the pitch.
And you’d find the same for majority of instruments.
Varying sizes of wind instruments (clarinet, obo etc)
ukulele vs an acoustic guitar
Violin, viola, cello, bass
Electric piano shrank the acoustic version. I suppose electric guitars are smaller than acoustic versions. But like you say the majority
of instruments can’t just arbitrarily change size / shrink without impacting the sound
There’s also the ergonomics of having to play those instruments. A tiny violin or guitar would be very hard, if not nearly impossible to play, if not simply very uncomfortable. If we look at some electric guitars, they at least mimic the outer frame while leaving most of the body away, simply so that you have something to lean on and hold the guitar in its place.
Compare a tenor horn, baritone, ebephone, tuba. All basically the same shame but different sizes. Because changing the size the instrument changes the pitch.
And you’d find the same for majority of instruments.
Varying sizes of wind instruments (clarinet, obo etc)
ukulele vs an acoustic guitar
Violin, viola, cello, bass
Electric piano shrank the acoustic version. I suppose electric guitars are smaller than acoustic versions. But like you say the majority of instruments can’t just arbitrarily change size / shrink without impacting the sound
There’s also the ergonomics of having to play those instruments. A tiny violin or guitar would be very hard, if not nearly impossible to play, if not simply very uncomfortable. If we look at some electric guitars, they at least mimic the outer frame while leaving most of the body away, simply so that you have something to lean on and hold the guitar in its place.