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]
For a while now, I've been working on a list of all the heckelphones ever made ... there are few enough that there is just a glimmer of hope to document them all. [more]
From Richard Strauss and Paul Hindemith to Graham Waterhouse and Paul Winter, many composers have written, and continue to write, for the heckelphone. Sadly, few recordings are currently available. [more]
It takes a special kind of person to play the heckelphone ... here is a list of heckelphonists, past and present. Evidently, it's incomplete, work in progress, a living document. [more]
Everything else related to the heckelphone - an eclectic collection of links and pointers. [more]
