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heckelphone

/ ˈhɛkəlˌfəʊn /

noun

  1. music a type of bass oboe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heckelphone1

C20: named after W. Heckel (1856–1909), German inventor
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Example Sentences

Arcana was completed by 1927, but it still sounds avantgarde, because it makes "absolute music" with a heckelphone, coconuts and more than 120 other instruments.

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