Wilhelm Heckel GmbH is a family business, which was founded in 1831 in the town of Biebrich on the Rhine by Johann Adam Heckel from Adorf (Vogtland region), and still exists today. From the very beginning, the business focused on the making of bassoons incorporationg the modifications by Carl Alemräder. This catalogue, which accompanies a special exhibition organised by the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Markneukirchen, provides insights into the development of woodwind instruments in the 19th and 20th centuries, as illustrated by this dynasty of instrument makers, who made a significant contribution to the development of bassoons and contrabassoons and invented the heckelphone.weiterlesen