Heckelphone - Wikipedia The heckelphone is a double reed instrument of the oboe family, but with a wider bore and hence a heavier and more penetrating tone It is pitched an octave below the oboe and furnished with an additional semitone taking its range down to A
What the heck is a heckelphone? | School of Music and Dance According to Steve, the heckelphone is a hybrid between those two instruments in several ways Its range is exactly between the bassoon and oboe The fingerings are like that of an oboe, and it is made from maple, which is the same as the bassoon
Heckelphone – Wilhelm Heckel GmbH The heckelphone is one octave lower in tone than the oboe and has a powerful and lush-sonorous, yet sweet and lovely sound The sound of the heckelphone is often described as giving the impression of hearing a human voice
Heckelphone | Woodwind, Double-Reed, Oboe-Like | Britannica Heckelphone, double-reed woodwind instrument resembling the baritone oboe It was perfected by Wilhelm Heckel in 1904 as a result of a request from the composer Richard Wagner about 20 years earlier for a low-register instrument combining the qualities of the oboe and the alphorn
All the heckelphones ever made Every country shown in the legend and unlabelled in the figure have had one heckelphone delivery recorded
Heckelphone - Organology: Musical Instruments Encyclopedia The heckelphone is a rare and fascinating double-reed instrument that occupies a unique place in the world of classical music Known for its rich, sonorous tone and extended range, the heckelphone is a member of the oboe family but has a deeper pitch and more robust sound
The Heckelphone: A Rare, Intriguing and Surprisingly Versatile Member . . . The heckelphone is a double reed instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons at the turn of the last century, inspired by Richard Wagner and prominently used by Richard Strauss, Frederik Delius and a surprising number of other composers
Heckelphones - contra-bass The Heckelphone is a woodwind instrument with the fingering of an oboe, pitched an octave lower (it is about 4 feet long), descending to the bottom of the bass clef (low A) It is similar to a bass oboe (aka baritone oboe or baryton oboe), but has a wider bore
What the heck is a heckelphone? – Oregon Bach Festival According to Steve, the heckelphone is a hybrid between those two instruments in several ways Its range is exactly between the bassoon and oboe The fingerings are like that of an oboe, and it is made from maple, which is the same as the bassoon
Heckelphone A relative of the oboe, the heckelphone is a double reed instrument invented in the early 1900s by German instrument maker Wilhelm Heckel It was intended to fill the gap between the cor anglais (English horn) and the bassoon [more]