and I played on that for about five years before I got a Heckel instrument -- a Heckel bassoon is the best made; that's what professionals play. So you were serious enough about the bassoon to ...
They were both made by Wiesbaden-based bassoon maker Heckel, which traces its beginnings to 1831 and is still producing instruments. Both were made in the 1930s. The era is significant ...