The album featured Mark Perchanok on heckelphone. He is also recognized in the United States as a notable player of the heckelphone. The first use of the heckelphone was in Richard Strauss's 1905 opera "Salome". Unfortunately, the piccolo heckelphone never became popular, for a number of reasons. The heckelphone is also featured in the orchestral music of Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. The heckelphone () is a musical instrument invented by Wilhelm Heckel and his sons.