Heckel - Werkstatt für Holzblasinstrumente in Wiesbaden - Herrliches Hessen - hr-fernsehen

Die Musikinstrumente der Firma Heckel sind sozusagen die Stradivaris unter den Fagotten. Alles, was Rang und Namen hat, und für die größten und bedeutendsten Orchester der Welt spielt, bestellt hier sein Fagott. Und das bereits seit 150 Jahren.

Hier gingen schon Größen wie Richard Wagner, Paul Hindemith oder Richard Strauß ein und aus. Nicht wenige große Komponisten waren befreundet mit dem Gründer der Werkstatt für Holzblasinstrumente in Wiesbaden-Biebrich.

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[linusbergl]

@MrDenull: You can't really compare it since a violin can be a couple of hundred years old and still be playable, but yes; Heckel is, just like Stradivarius, are the highest regarded instruments.

[MrDenull]

Stradivarius? really?

[oogleblerp]

[...continued] she used to play bassoon a little but the makers must concentrate on building, not playing; they have pros to check the instruments, such as Herr [?]; the instruments cost as much as a medium-high end automobile.

--DS

[oogleblerp]

Edith Reiter, great-great-granddaughter of the founder of the Heckel firm, is interviewed by Hessen Broadcasting (HR). Among the things she talks about: it takes 15 years from delivery of the maple (12 yrs of which is for curing) to delivery of a bassoon; they make 50-52 bassoons per year; famous composers such as Wagner and Mahler visited the factory (Mahler trod those very boards); she really had to assert herself as a woman in a traditionally male occupation; [continued]

[marydoob]

Fantastic, I toured the Heckel factory as a child back 1971 and the workshop looks exactly as I had remembered it, what a great memory! Thanks for posting this, great video. Very nice Mozart Concerto too.