Bassoon Production Summary
The following tables summarize the production numbers and dates for Heckel bassoons
using data drawn from the
book Wilhelm Heckel, Six Generations Dedicated To Music, by Edith Reiter,
Waldemar Kramer in der marixverlag GmbH, Wiesbaden 2014.
NOTES:
- When there were multiple entries for a single serial number, only one entry was counted.
- Country names were translated to English.
- Unusual shipment years were retained.
The total number of Heckel bassoons shipped according to this publication (which ends at bassoon 15950) is qpproximately 7696.
The pre-3000s (total 318)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| UK | 145 | | 1852 | 6 |
| Germany | 142 | | 1853 | 2 |
| France | 9 | | 1854 | 8 |
| USA | 7 | | 1855 | 6 |
| Russia | 5 | | 1856 | 18 |
| Austria | 3 | | 1857 | 32 |
| Latvia | 2 | | 1858 | 8 |
| Swiss | 1 | | 1859 | 17 |
| Luxemburg | 1 | | 1860 | 13 |
| Italy | 1 | | 1861 | 11 |
| Poland | 1 | | 1862 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 1 | | 1863 | 11 |
| | | 1864 | 6 |
| | | 1865 | 13 |
| | | 1866 | 8 |
| | | 1867 | 13 |
| | | 1868 | 17 |
| | | 1869 | 12 |
| | | 1870 | 12 |
| | | 1871 | 14 |
| | | 1872 | 19 |
| | | 1873 | 18 |
| | | 1874 | 15 |
| | | 1875 | 16 |
| | | 1876 | 8 |
The 3000s (total 993)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 316 | | 1877 | 6 |
| Germany | 406 | | 1878 | 25 |
| USA | 36 | | 1879 | 36 |
| France | 36 | | 1880 | 32 |
| Austria | 33 | | 1881 | 33 |
| Russia | 26 | | 1882 | 35 |
| Netherlands | 26 | | 1883 | 35 |
| Czechoslovakia | 24 | | 1884 | 33 |
| UK | 18 | | 1885 | 41 |
| Switzerland | 13 | | 1886 | 51 |
| Poland | 11 | | 1887 | 59 |
| Belgium | 9 | | 1888 | 74 |
| Hungary | 7 | | 1889 | 86 |
| Sweden | 6 | | 1890 | 48 |
| Australia | 4 | | 1891 | 56 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | | 1892 | 56 |
| Estonia | 2 | | 1893 | 51 |
| Jamaca | 2 | | 1894 | 51 |
| Finland | 2 | | 1895 | 54 |
| Denmark | 2 | | 1896 | 65 |
| Brasil | 2 | | 1897 | 63 |
| Turkey | 2 | | 1898 | 2 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Monaco | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
The 4000s (total 997)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 84 | | 1897 | 1 |
| Germany | 504 | | 1898 | 56 |
| USA | 121 | | 1899 | 54 |
| Austria | 54 | | 1900 | 68 |
| Russia | 39 | | 1901 | 66 |
| Netherlands | 31 | | 1902 | 93 |
| Czechoslovakia | 29 | | 1903 | 64 |
| Poland | 28 | | 1904 | 55 |
| UK | 24 | | 1905 | 93 |
| France | 18 | | 1907 | 75 |
| Belgium | 11 | | 1906 | 42 |
| Hungary | 7 | | 1908 | 90 |
| Switzerland | 7 | | 1909 | 103 |
| Australia | 5 | | 1910 | 77 |
| Estonia | 4 | | 1911 | 60 |
| Sweden | 4 |
| Romania | 3 |
| China | 3 |
| Norway | 3 |
| Italy | 3 |
| Latvia | 3 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Jamaca | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
The 5000s (total 650)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 368 | | 1911 | 19 |
| Germany | 133 | | 1912 | 89 |
| USA | 64 | | 1913 | 83 |
| Austria | 17 | | 1914 | 94 |
| Russia | 14 | | 1915 | 19 |
| Czechoslovakia | 12 | | 1916 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 10 | | 1917 | 6 |
| Norway | 5 | | 1918 | 13 |
| Poland | 4 | | 1919 | 28 |
| France | 2 | | 1920 | 68 |
| UK | 2 | | 1921 | 81 |
| Belgium | 2 | | 1922 | 71 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | 1923 | 70 |
| Hungary | 2 | | 1924 | 4 |
| Australia | 2 | | 1925 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2 | | 1928 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
The 6000s (total 647)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 246 | | 1923 | 18 |
| Germany | 178 | | 1924 | 78 |
| USA | 133 | | 1925 | 95 |
| Austria | 15 | | 1926 | 97 |
| Czechoslovakia | 10 | | 1927 | 110 |
| Netherlands | 9 | | 1928 | 117 |
| Denmark | 5 | | 1929 | 132 |
| Australia | 5 |
| Russia | 5 |
| UK | 5 |
| Switzerland | 4 |
| Poland | 4 |
| Slovakia | 4 |
| France | 4 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Romania | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Luxemburg | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Brasil | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
The 7000s (total 583)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 29 | | 1929 | 9 |
| Germany | 285 | | 1930 | 142 |
| USA | 168 | | 1931 | 47 |
| Russia | 17 | | 1932 | 44 |
| UK | 13 | | 1933 | 36 |
| Austria | 8 | | 1934 | 48 |
| Switzerland | 6 | | 1935 | 66 |
| Netherlands | 5 | | 1936 | 183 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | | 1937 | 8 |
| Slovakia | 4 |
| Sweden | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 4 |
| Italy | 4 |
| Norway | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 |
| Poland | 3 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Luxemburg | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Romania | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
The 8000s (total 387)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 6 |
| Germany | 191 | | 1937 | 91 |
| USA | 38 | | 1938 | 100 |
| Austria | 27 | | 1939 | 74 |
| UK | 12 | | 1940 | 56 |
| Hungary | 11 | | 1941 | 30 |
| Netherlands | 11 | | 1942 | 22 |
| Czechoslovakia | 11 | | 1943 | 13 |
| Russia | 11 | | 1947 | 1 |
| Sweden | 9 |
| Slovakia | 6 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 |
| Japan | 5 |
| Poland | 5 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 4 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Romania | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Estonia | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 |
| Norway | 2 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| France | 2 |
| Peru | 1 |
| Brasil | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
The 9000s (total 489)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 11 | | 1943 | 7 |
| USA | 218 | | 1944 | 11 |
| Germany | 128 | | 1945 | 25 |
| Japan | 18 | | 1946 | 28 |
| Italy | 15 | | 1947 | 24 |
| UK | 14 | | 1948 | 18 |
| Austria | 8 | | 1949 | 39 |
| Romania | 8 | | 1950 | 52 |
| Hungary | 7 | | 1951 | 26 |
| Denmark | 6 | | 1952 | 37 |
| Australia | 6 | | 1953 | 45 |
| Netherlands | 6 | | 1954 | 55 |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | | 1955 | 61 |
| Switzerland | 5 | | 1956 | 58 |
| Canada | 5 | | 1957 | 2 |
| Sweden | 4 | | 1958 | 1 |
| Norway | 3 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Brasil | 2 |
| Israel | 2 |
| Luxemburg | 2 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
The 10000s (total 482)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 5 |
| USA | 251 | | 1956 | 8 |
| Germany | 84 | | 1957 | 52 |
| Austria | 26 | | 1958 | 56 |
| Netherlands | 16 | | 1959 | 47 |
| UK | 16 | | 1960 | 59 |
| Italy | 14 | | 1961 | 58 |
| Romania | 10 | | 1962 | 49 |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 | | 1963 | 55 |
| Canada | 7 | | 1964 | 42 |
| Switzerland | 5 | | 1965 | 37 |
| Chile | 4 | | 1966 | 14 |
| Japan | 4 | | 1967 | 1 |
| Australia | 4 | | 1980 | 1 |
| Mexico | 4 | | 1983 | 1 |
| Turkey | 4 | | 1994 | 1 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| France | 2 |
| Israel | 2 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Columbia | 1 |
| Hongkong | 1 |
The 11000s (total 424)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| unknown | 4 | | 1965 | 1 |
| USA | 241 | | 1966 | 24 |
| Germany | 65 | | 1967 | 49 |
| Japan | 26 | | 1968 | 42 |
| Italy | 14 | | 1969 | 41 |
| Canada | 11 | | 1970 | 53 |
| UK | 10 | | 1971 | 46 |
| Australia | 10 | | 1972 | 48 |
| Poland | 10 | | 1973 | 52 |
| Netherlands | 9 | | 1974 | 45 |
| Switzerland | 7 | | 1975 | 16 |
| Austria | 5 | | 1976 | 1 |
| Norway | 2 | | 1980 | 1 |
| Denmark | 2 | | 1982 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | | 1986 | 3 |
| Spain | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
The 12000s (total 478)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| USA | 197 | | 1975 | 32 |
| Germany | 78 | | 1976 | 45 |
| Japan | 24 | | 1977 | 46 |
| Austria | 22 | | 1978 | 42 |
| Netherlands | 21 | | 1979 | 47 |
| Italy | 20 | | 1980 | 46 |
| Switzerland | 14 | | 1981 | 44 |
| Canada | 14 | | 1982 | 48 |
| Sweden | 12 | | 1983 | 46 |
| Czechoslovakia | 12 | | 1984 | 52 |
| France | 10 | | 1985 | 30 |
| Russia | 9 |
| Australia | 8 |
| UK | 7 |
| Greece | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| Spain | 2 |
| Israel | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Poland | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Canary Islands | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Columbia | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
| Brasil | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
The 13000s (total 506)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| Germany | 157 | | 1985 | 20 |
| USA | 75 | | 1986 | 48 |
| Japan | 57 | | 1987 | 42 |
| Italy | 41 | | 1988 | 50 |
| South Korea | 24 | | 1989 | 44 |
| Austria | 22 | | 1990 | 37 |
| Switzerland | 21 | | 1991 | 44 |
| Netherlands | 18 | | 1992 | 47 |
| Sweden | 18 | | 1993 | 54 |
| Spain | 14 | | 1994 | 39 |
| France | 10 | | 1995 | 57 |
| UK | 10 | | 1996 | 22 |
| Czechoslovakia | 9 | | 1997 | 2 |
| Canada | 8 |
| Denmark | 6 |
| Australia | 4 |
| Finland | 3 |
| Israel | 3 |
| Taiwan | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
The 14000s (total 360)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| Germany | 126 | |
| Japan | 77 | | 1996 | 30 |
| South Korea | 37 | | 1997 | 61 |
| USA | 16 | | 1998 | 39 |
| Spain | 13 | | 1999 | 46 |
| Switzerland | 13 | | 2000 | 47 |
| Netherlands | 11 | | 2001 | 42 |
| Austria | 11 | | 2002 | 37 |
| Italy | 10 | | 2003 | 44 |
| Taiwan | 6 | | 2004 | 9 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | | 2005 | 2 |
| Poland | 5 | | 2006 | 1 |
| France | 4 | | 2008 | 1 |
| UK | 4 | |
| Sweden | 3 |
| HongKong | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| China | 1 |
The 15000s (total 382)
| Destination | | Per Year |
|---|
| Country | Quantity | | Year Shipped | Quantity |
|---|
| Germany | 159 |
| Japan | 59 | | 2003 | 4 |
| South Korea | 36 | | 2004 | 28 |
| Spain | 19 | | 2005 | 46 |
| USA | 19 | | 2006 | 42 |
| Italy | 15 | | 2007 | 46 |
| Switzerland | 11 | | 2008 | 41 |
| China | 10 | | 2009 | 36 |
| Netherlands | 7 | | 2010 | 43 |
| Austria | 6 | | 2011 | 39 |
| Denmark | 5 | | 2012 | 37 |
| UK | 5 | | 2013 | 20 |
| HongKong | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 |
| France | 3 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Norway | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
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