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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A woodwind instrument of the oboe family, with a pitch between that of an English horn and a bassoon.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe

Etymologies

  1. German Heckelphon, after Wilhelm Heckel (1879-1952), German musical instrument maker. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “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.”

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  • colleen it's all true. Aug 23, 2007

  • reesetee We're incorrigible. Aug 23, 2007

  • colleen hee. I leave you alone for a day... Aug 23, 2007

  • reesetee S'all right. I have the same trouble with the slaxophone. Aug 23, 2007

  • uselessness Aww heck. Aug 23, 2007

  • reesetee No, no, uselessness. That's hecklephone. Totally different instrument. Aug 23, 2007

  • uselessness Boo! Get off the stage! My aunt Felda can play better than that and she doesn't have any lips! Aug 23, 2007

  • colleen a baritone oboe Aug 23, 2007

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