Wilhelm Heckel GmbH

{{Short description|German woodwind musical instrument manufacturer}}

{{Infobox company

| logo = Heckellogo.jpg

| hq_location_city = Wiesbaden

| hq_location_country = Germany

| founded = {{start date and age|1831}}

| founder = Johann Adam Heckel

| type = Private

| website = {{official URL}}

}}

Wilhelm Heckel GmbH, also known simply as Heckel, is a manufacturer of woodwind instruments based in Wiesbaden, Germany. It is best known for its bassoons, which are considered some of the finest available.{{cite book | first=Edith |last=Reiter |title=Wilhelm Heckel: Six Generations Dedicated to Music |isbn=978-3737404549 |date=2014 |publisher=Marix Verlag |url=https://www.norapost.com/pub_recent/HeckelReview.pdf}} The company was established in 1831 by the instrument maker Johann Adam Heckel. It remains a family-owned business.

Wilhelm Heckel is also known for its production of contrabassoons and heckelphones. Formerly it produced also oboes, piccolo heckelphones, and heckel-clarinas.