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heckelphone

heck·el·phone [ hék'l fn ] (plural heck·el·phones)


noun 
Definition:
 
musical instrument like bass oboe: a bass musical instrument of the oboe family, in pitch between the English horn and the bassoon

[Early 20th century. < German Heckelphon, after Wilhelm Heckel (1856-1909), German instrument maker]
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