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单词 heckelphone
释义

heckelphone

/ˈhɛk(ə)lfəʊn /
noun
A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.A bass or baritone oboe, an octave below the treble, has always been rare, though composers do occasionally write for it and the wider-bore but otherwise similar heckelphone....
  • For a while last year they had a heckelphone on their second-hand list for a little over £20 000.
  • Casts and orchestras are kept small: no heckelphones or Wagner tubas in his scoring.

Origin

Early 20th century: from German Heckelphon, named after Wilhelm Heckel (1856–1909), German instrument-maker, on the pattern of saxophone.

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