Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woodwind instrument of the oboe family, with a pitch between that of an English horn and a bassoon.
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- noun an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German Heckelphon, after Wilhelm Heckel, (1879–1952), German musical instrument maker.]
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In addition, Italian conductor Carlo Rizzi returns to La Monnaie and brings out the full glory of the large orchestra Strauss scored the piece for, including two harps and a heckelphone, a sort of giant oboe.
From Revolution to Evolution Frances Robinson 2012
colleen commented on the word heckelphone
a baritone oboe
August 23, 2007
uselessness commented on the word heckelphone
Boo! Get off the stage! My aunt Felda can play better than that and she doesn't have any lips!
August 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word heckelphone
No, no, uselessness. That's hecklephone. Totally different instrument.
August 23, 2007
uselessness commented on the word heckelphone
Aww heck.
August 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word heckelphone
S'all right. I have the same trouble with the slaxophone.
August 23, 2007
colleen commented on the word heckelphone
hee. I leave you alone for a day...
August 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word heckelphone
We're incorrigible.
August 23, 2007
colleen commented on the word heckelphone
it's all true.
August 24, 2007