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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

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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.

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