Interesting. The sound coming through the microphone directly is closest to the oboe family, but the reverberation and overtones make it sound like a bassoon is playing in unison much quieter. I'd love to hear one in person.

There is a difference in tone. They must have thought a sensitive Bassoon could get near to that. (ever mindful of budget). Great playing. Thanks showing us how it sounds.

Lovely sounding woodwind instrument and she plays it so beautifully.

What a gorgeous instrument.

@StCeciliasHall

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Glad you enjoyed our video!

@ignoto17

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Right? What a sound. She plays beautifully. I didn’t know it was inspired by Wagner. Strauss makes mention of Heckel in his editing/revision of Berlioz’s treatise on instrumentation, but not in reference to this instrument if I recall. But the date of the edition is 1904, so he was certainly at work on Salome while editing the treatise and left it out from the wind section (I suppose until he could hear it when Salome premiered). I’m totally mystified why the instrument isn’t used by composers more often.

Thumbnail: English Horn Video: Very big English Horn

@StCeciliasHall

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Very big! The thumbnail is of the heckelphone. You can see more images of the instrument here: collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15936?highlight=heckelphone

Its like the viola!! I love it

Moves swell right on top "Leanin on these Everlasting Arms" - insofar at least how,say Iris DeMint holds key from True Grit. She emits, hands down, the best 'squelch' sound from any instrument alive, I reckon, toward the end here. Fantastic.

Almost has a bowed string-like quality reminiscent of a hurdy-gurdy or a viol or something. Would be interesting to hear a whole section of these playing chords; I suspect in a wind band they could easily take the place of tenor string parts.

Very interesting indeed. Thank you!

I saw one of these back in 1978 at the IDRS festival at Occidental College.

Sabía de su existencia, pero nunca lo había visto. Gracias por el vídeo y la interpretación !!! Por lo que veo es una octava más grave que el oboe.

@StCeciliasHall

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De nada!

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Is this what they used in the Star Wars cantina band?

@SufficientlySizedEgg

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Nope

...it sounds more like a bassoon than an oboe.

@SufficientlySizedEgg

7 ай бұрын

Probably because you can use bassoon reeds on Heckelphones

are those ysl wyatts?

No se podía construir doblado, como el fagot?

Basicamente um oboé d'amore só que maior

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