clarinet was the woodwind instrument invented by a german inventor.
which woodwind instrument was invented by a german inventor?
clarinet
the heckelphone-clarinet (or "heckelphon-klarinette") is a rare woodwind instrument, invented in 1907 by wilhelm heckel in wiesbaden-biebrich, germany. despite its name, it is essentially a wooden saxophone with wide conical bore, built of red-stained maple wood, overblowing the octave, and with clarinet-like fingerings. it has a single-reed mouthpiece attached to a short metal neck, similar to an alto clarinet. the heckelphone-clarinet is a transposing instrument in b with sounding range of d (middle line of bass staff) to c (two ledger lines above the treble staff), written a whole tone higher. the instrument is not to be confused with the heckel-clarina, also a very rare conical bore single reed woodwind by heckel but higher in pitch and made of metal, nor with the heckelphone, a double reed instrument lower in pitch.
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