Associations to the word «Heckelphone»

Wiktionary

HECKELPHONE, noun. A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.

Dictionary definition

HECKELPHONE, noun. An oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats