Wilhelm Hermann Heckel

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Wilhelm Hermann Heckel

Wilhelm Hermann Heckel (born July 16, 1879 in Biebrich ; † January 12, 1952 there ) was a German musical instrument maker .

His parents were the instrument maker Wilhelm Heckel (1856–1909) and Emma Heckel nee. du Fais (1859-1921).

He began his training in April 1894 in his father's company, Wilhelm Heckel GmbH , and deepened his knowledge of musical instrument making through internships in Germany, England, France and the Czech Republic. Together with his father , Wilhelm Hermann invented and developed the Heckelphone and the Heckelphone clarinet, among other things, and continued to develop the Heckel Clarina . It was only when he took over the company after the death of his father that the Heckel bassoon made a major breakthrough.

Works

  • The bassoon. Brief treatise on its historical development, its construction and the way it played [...] in 1899, reviewed and substantially supplemented by Wilhelm Hermann Heckel, Leipzig 1931

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Company history on www.heckel.de ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heckel.de
  2. ↑ Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society , Volume 30. American Musical Instrument Society, 2004 (p. 101 f.)
  3. ↑ Reinhold Kubik (Ed.): Musical instruments and music making practice at the time of Gustav Mahler . Boehlau Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-205-77696-3
personal data
SURNAME Heckel, Wilhelm Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heckel, Hermann Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musical instrument maker
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Biebrich
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1952
Place of death Biebrich