Heckel-Clarina

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The Heckel Clarina Clarina or is a rare woodwind instrument, which was developed and manufactured by Wilhelm Heckel in Wiesbaden- Biebrich. Heckel received on December 8, 1889 patent for the instrument. It was apparently intended for use in Richard Wagner's " Merry Hirtenweise " in the third act of Tristan and Isolde. As of 1891, the Heckel - Clarina was used in the Festspielhaus Bayreuth as a substitute for the wooden trumpet. The Clarina was considered suitable for the production of the desired timbre.

The Heckel Clarina is a single-reed instrument made ​​of metal with a conical profile of the sound tube that resembles a soprano saxophone. It uses the handle system of the oboe and the single-reed mouthpiece of the clarinet. The Heckel Clarina was built in B and in it. According to the advertising they sound similar in the lower register of the English horn, the saxophone in the middle and in the upper register of the clarinet. The instrument should not Heckelphone with the clarinet, also a rare single-reed instrument with a conical profile of the sound tube, but made ​​of wood and is deeply confused.