heckelphone

heck·el·phone

H0119700 (hĕk′əl-fōn′)n. A woodwind instrument of the oboe family, with a pitch between that of an English horn and a bassoon.

[German Heckelphon, after Wilhelm Heckel (1879-1952), German musical instrument maker.]

heckelphone

(ˈhɛkəlˌfəʊn) n (Instruments) music a type of bass oboe[C20: named after W. Heckel (1856–1909), German inventor]

Thesaurus

Noun

heckelphone - an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboebasset oboehautbois, hautboy, oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Heckelphone

a baritone oboe; a woodwind instrument created in 1904 by the master German instrument maker, W. Heckel. Pitched an octave below the normal oboe, its tone is melodious and expressive with a nasal timbre. It is used occasionally in the orchestra (for example, in R. Strauss’ Salome and Elektra). The piccolo heckelphone is pitched a fourth higher than the oboe and possesses a brighter timbre.

heckelphone

noun

Synonyms for heckelphone

noun an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe

Synonyms

basset oboe

Related Words

hautbois
hautboy
oboe

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