Heckelphone

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Heckelphone

Woodwind instrument
Classification	Wind Woodwind Double reed
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	422.112 (Double-reeded aerophone with keys)
Developed	1904
Related instruments
Oboe Piccolo oboe Oboe d'amore Cor anglais (English horn) Oboe da caccia Wiener Oboe Bass oboe Contrabass oboe Piston oboe

The heckelphone (German: Heckelphon) is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons. The idea to create the instrument was initiated by Richard Wagner, who suggested its concept at the occasion of a visit of Wilhelm Heckel in 1879.^[1] Introduced in 1904, it is similar to the oboe but, like the bass oboe, pitched an octave lower, the heckelphone has a significantly larger bore.