Doublereed Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2004/03

From: Jeremy Kesselman <omjeremy@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Heckelphone
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 21:56:14 -0500

FYI:

http://depts.washington.edu/~uweek/archives/2001.01.JAN_11/_article9.html
http://www.heckel.de/en/produktrange.htm
http://www.heckel.de/en/prod-heckelphon.htm

I played Bass oboe in The Planets a few years back and it was an
interesting experience. I borrowed the bass oboe from either Curtis or the
Philadelphia Orchestra. I got bass oboe cane and tubes and made the huge
reed (for an oboist, it's huge). I know that Glotin makes the tubes and has
bass oboe cane. Bass oboe and heckelphone (heckelphone goes down to low a)
have the same range, so if you have easier access to a bass oboe, it should
be just fine, considering there are fewer than 100 Heckelphones in
existence. It also looks like the Heckelphone has a different key system.

Have fun...

Sincerely,

Jeremy

At 01:51 PM 3/12/04, you wrote:
>I must confess my ignorance. Is a Heckelphone the same as a bass oboe or
>is bass oboe just substituted for Heckelphone? Where does one rent a
>Heckelphone? What about reeds? Should an oboist/English hornist be able
>to transition to Heckelphone fairly easily? We are doing "Salome" next
>season here in Orlando. We will probably do one of the reductions
>available, but some of them require Heckelphone.
>
>Any guidance would be appreciated.
>
>Diane Bishop