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Reeds, tools, reed cases:

• Heckelphone reeds, which closely resemble bassoon reeds, but have a slightly different shape and bore, are currently available from:
  • Hodge Products (USA, 2 shapes)
  • Reeds n' Stuff (Germany, 1 shape)
  KREEDO (Germany) also used to make 2 shapes of heckelphones reeds, but as of March 2020, they have stopped production. My experiences with reeds from Reeds n'Stuff and KREEDO can be found on my heckelphone blog.
• Tools for making/adapting heckelphone reeds are available from Georg Rieger GmbH in Germany. I've bought a reamer from them, since the reeds from Reeds n' Stuff and KREEDO don't really fit my (Heckel) bocals ... apparently, because older heckelphone bocals are narrower at the tip.
• Reed cases: Many styles of cases for bassoon reeds work just fine, keeping in mind that the heckelphone bocal is larger in diameter than than a bassoon bocal, and the same holds for the tube opening of the reed.

Merchandise (really!):

Somewhat oddly, the heckelphone is starting to attract quite a bit of attention from outside rather specialised musical circles. In part, this might be related to the name, which in English conjures images of an instrument made for interfering, in an aggressive and typically unpleasant way, with a public performance (engl. "to heckle" means "to interrupt a public speech or performance with loud, unfriendly statements or questions:", according to the Cambridge dictionary). (If you'd like to see a demonstrations of this connection, check out this video; mind you, I think what he does with the heckelphone should get him banned from ever touching one again.)

Perhaps for this reason, there are some rather surprising heckelphone-themed items widely available for purchase:

• Various 30-piece jigsaw puzzles (perhaps best suited for all the little heckelphone enthusiasts), moused pads and coffee mugs (there are different versions of all of these, which can you easily find on Amazon.com)
• Stickers for your car or laptop (I have to admit: I'm a little tempted by these ...)
• A heckelphone sport bag and various tote bags
• A lovely notebook for recording notes from piccolo heckelphone practice. I wonder how many piccolo heckelphonists use this ... but wait, there's also a version for conventional heckelphone!
• license plate holders
• Stylish aprons ...
• ... and baseball caps

... and the list goes on and on. Who buys all this stuff? How many of these are really produced and sold? Are there collectors out there?