James Taylor - Youve Got A Friend (v2)

HECKEL, Haeckel (Heckel) - German designers of wind musical instruments. Johann Adam X. (14 VII 1812, Adorf - 13 IV 1877, Biebrich) in 1824-1835 with the master of muses. instruments and bassoonist C. Almenreder (3 X 1786 - 14 IX 1843) worked on the improvement of clarinets and bassoons; in 1831 they founded the property. enterprise in Wiesb.: Aden-Biebrich. Successful experiments in improving the design of wind instruments were continued by the son and successor of Johann Adam X. - Ludwig Georg Otto Wilhelm X. (25 I 1856, Biebrich - 14 I 1909, ibid.) with his sons Wilhelm Hermann (1879-1952) and Augustus (1880-1914) in 1904 (on the idea of ​​R. Wagner) created the oboe of the baritone range (Heckelphon, Heckelphon). In scores (eg, in the “Salome” by R. Strauss) it is located between the English. horn and bassoon. In 1909, the company X.released an advanced contrabassoon (with a range extended down to A) and a double bass clarinet (with a range extending down to D). Then the company X. (Germany) was headed by F. Groffy (1896-1972) - the son-in-law of William H. Musical historian. X. Museum in Biebrich contains a rich collection of bassoons made over the past two centuries.