HECKELPHONE


Meaning of HECKELPHONE in English

[ 'hɛk(ə)lfəʊn ]

■ noun a woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.

Origin

early 20th cent.: named after the German instrument-maker Wilhelm Heckel , on the pattern of saxophone .

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