development in Romantic period...the classic bassoon. Although the Heckel family (Johann Adam Heckel and Wilhelm, his son and successor), also of Biebrich, eventually corrected the faults, the difference between the French and the German bassoon still remains, the former having a reedier, more individual tone and the latter, with its comparative richness, blending better. First the Americans and finally the British accepted...
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