heckelphone

/ ˈhɛkəlˌfəʊn /

noun

music a type of bass oboe

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heckelphone¹

C20: named after W. Heckel (1856–1909), German inventor

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Arcana was completed by 1927, but it still sounds avantgarde, because it makes "absolute music" with a heckelphone, coconuts and more than 120 other instruments.

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