Newly redesigned in 2009 as a substitute for the now discontinued Ninjo soprano is this excellent inexpensive soprano recorder for entry-level players. This instrument is made of pearwood and has a zippered semicircular canvas bag. Although slightly more expensive than the Ninjo model which it replaced, it is a substantial improvement and is in fact the least expensive high-quality wooden soprano currently available. The excellent padded case provided with the Student soprano is a vast improvement over the thin unpadded Ninja case; it is alone worth the additional cost.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soprano in c'' | two piece, double holes | pearwood | 91.00 |
These all-new Mollenhauer instruments are of hybrid construction, with textured plastic headjoints and wooden bodies. Although rather unorthodox in appearance, they do play very well and sound extremely rich and full. The headjoints, thanks to a novel windway design, are somewhat less prone to clogging than most all-plastic instruments. Both soprano and alto headjoints were originally available in several garish color choices, but both instruments are now available only in the less obtrusive beige plastic. Both models are provided with cloth bags.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soprano in c'' | two piece, double holes | beige plastic headjoint/pearwood body | 50.00 |
| Alto in f' | three piece, double holes | beige plastic headjoint/pearwood body | 142.00 |
Completely new for 1999 was the Canta student soprano recorder of pearwood, with a full, broad, slightly windy and spread tone quality and good high register response. Since then, the series has been expanded with the introduction of alto, keyless and keyed tenor, and bent neck bass instruments. Tenors with additional middle keys and a bentneck greatbass are new for 2009. This series replaces and is vastly superior to the previous Chorus student instruments.The Canta instruments are particularly well suited for renaissance ensemble music, provide a viable low-cost alternative to renaissance reproduction recorders, and are a good deal easier to manage as well. The smaller instruments are supplied with a semicircular padded cloth pouch with zippered closure; the bentneck tenor, bass, and greatbass recorders are provided with excellent form-fitted hard cases made by Jacob Winter.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soprano in c'' | two piece, double holes | pearwood | 105.00 |
| Alto in f' | three piece, double holes | pearwood | 279.00 |
| Alto in f' | three piece, double hole, double key | pearwood | 420.00 |
| Tenor in c' | three piece, double holes, keyless | pearwood | 446.00 |
| Tenor in c' | three piece, double hole, double key | pearwood | 600.00 |
| Tenor in c' | three piece, double hole, double key, two additonal keys | pearwood | 883.00 |
| Tenor in c' | bentneck model, three piece, double holes, keyless | pearwood | 557.00 |
| Tenor in c' | bentneck model, three piece, double hole, double key | pearwood | 711.00 |
| Tenor in c' | bentneck model, three piece, double hole, double key, two additional keys | pearwood | 958.00 |
| Bass in f | three piece, double hole, double key, bent neck design | pearwood | 1,430.00 |
| Greatbass in c | five piece, nine keys, bent neck design | pearwood | 3,269.00 |
New in our inventory for 2010 is this unique series of instruments, consisting of pentatonic flutes in d'', pentatonic soprano and tenor recorders, and a quartet of SATB recorders, which was developed by Mollenhauer specifically for use in Waldorf School music programs. The full-range recorder models are also extremely useful to early music performers wanting instruments with renaissance tonal properties that use standard modern fingerings and have the wide range and ease of playing characteristic of modern recorders. These instruments are in fact wide bore, late renaissance/early baroque-type transitional instruments in the van Eyck style, having a warm, full, blending tonal quality in the middle and low register, a bright, clear, ringing sound in the upper register, and a wide range of over two octaves. The soprano, alto, and tenor instruments are also eminently suitable for the early 17th century van Eyck solo pieces as well as the early 17th century Italian solo baroque pieces by Cima, della Casa, Fontana, and others. The pentatonic models are available on special order for educational customers, but the full-range soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders are in stock for immediate delivery.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Bäumling" Pentatonic Flute in d'', five notes | one piece | pearwood | 86.00 |
| "Bäumling" Pentatonic Flute in d'', seven notes | one piece | pearwood | 86.00 |
| Pentatonic Soprano Recorder in c'', five notes | two piece | pearwood | 129.00 |
| Pentatonic Soprano Recorder in c'', seven notes | two piece | pearwood | 129.00 |
| Pentatonic Tenor Recorder in c', seven notes | two piece, keyless | pearwood | 521.00 |
| Renaissance Soprano Recorder in c'' | wide bore, curved windway, two piece, single holes | pearwood | 131.00 |
| Renaissance Soprano Recorder in c'' | wide bore, curved windway, two piece, double holes | pearwood | 131.00 |
| Renaissance Alto Recorder in f' | wide bore, curved windway, two piece, double holes | pearwood | 421.00 |
| Renaissance Tenor Recorder in c' | wide bore, curved windway, three piece, double holes, keyless | pearwood | 601.00 |
| Renaissance Bass Recorder in f | wide bore, three piece, double hole, double key, bent neck design | pearwood | 1,946.00 |
Designed in collaboration with the Dutch maker Adriana Breukink, these are relatively inexpensive wide bore neo-renaissance soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders made of lightly-stained pearwood with dark brown rings. Inexpensive plastic sopranos were introduced in 2004. The alto is also now available in ebony as well, and this model is very well suited to the early 17th century solo repertoire.These instruments produce a uniform, well-focused, but rather plain tone quality, with a full middle and low register and good high register response; they offer a choice of single or double tone holes and use standard modern fingerings. Prices for 2006 were appreciably reduced from previous years. The wooden instruments, as modified and serviced in our workshop, do not have the tuning and response problems common to the unserviced production instruments. The plastic models, however, are sold only "as is" with no custom tuning. They are provided with semicircular padded cloth pouches with zippered closure, similar to those provided with the Chorus and Canta series instruments.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soprano in c'' | two piece, single holes | white or black plastic | †37.00 |
| two piece, double holes | †37.00 | ||
| two piece, single holes | pearwood, dark brown rings | 155.00 | |
| two piece, double holes | 159.00 | ||
| Alto in f' | two piece, double holes | pearwood, dark brown rings | 404.00 |
| two piece, double holes | ebony | 977.00 | |
| Tenor in c' | three piece, double hole, double key | pearwood, dark brown rings | 986.00 |
| Bass in f | bent neck, three piece, double hole, double key | pearwood, dark brown rings | 1,710.00 |
†Please note: the plastic Dream soprano recorder models are sold "as is" without any custom tuning or adjustment. The white plastic models have been discontinued by the maker; supply is limited to the few remaining instruments that we have in stock.
These recently redesigned instruments are excellent quality modern baroque-style recorders of moderate cost. They have curved windways, are rich, complex, sweet, and slightly reedy in tone quality, and offer superb intonation and high register response. They are available in pearwood as well as a wide variety of tropical hardwoods and are particularly well suited to baroque solo and ensemble repertoire. The smaller instruments are supplied with zippered semicircular padded cloth bags with genuine leather trim; the bass and greatbass are supplied with an excellent custom fitted hard case made by Jacob Winter. The alto model was recently redesigned to incorporate design elements of Denner style instruments made by the late Australian recorder maker Fred Morgan.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sopranino in f'' | two piece | pearwood | 225.00 |
| boxwood | 264.00 | ||
| palisander | 320.00 | ||
| †Soprano in c'' | three piece | pearwood | 223.00 |
| boxwood | 332.00 | ||
| palisander | 401.00 | ||
| olivewood | 453.00 | ||
| tulipwood | 479.00 | ||
| grenadilla | 479.00 | ||
| Alto in f' | three piece, double holes | pearwood | 366.00 |
| boxwood | 546.00 | ||
| palisander | 724.00 | ||
| olivewood | 822.00 | ||
| tulipwood | 897.00 | ||
| grenadilla | 897.00 | ||
| Tenor in c' | keyless, double holes | pearwood | 559.00 |
| boxwood | 674.00 | ||
| palisander | 893.00 | ||
| double c'-c#' key, double hole | pearwood | 748.00 | |
| boxwood | 863.00 | ||
| palisander | 1,082.00 | ||
| double c'-c#' key, double hole, two additional keys | pearwood | 1,008.00 | |
| boxwood | 1,123.00 | ||
| palisander | 1,338.00 | ||
| Bass in f | double f-f# key, two additional keys direct or bocal blow, hard case |
pearwood | 1,717.00 |
| Greatbass in c | three piece, ten keys bocal blow, hard case |
pearwood | 3,714.00 |
†The Mollenhauer Denner soprano recorder was awarded the coveted Deutscher Musikinstrumentenpreis for 1999 for the most meritorious woodwind design in the entire German musical instrument industry. Excerpts from the jurors' comments about this instrument were as follows:„Damit setzt sich die Flöte insgesamt weit vom übrigen Feld ab."
„…hervorragendes Instrument… mit einer insgesamt schlüssigen Gesamtkonzeption…"
„…besonders gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis."
We congratulate our colleagues at the Mollenhauer workshop for this singular achievement.
These innovative new instruments are a further refinement and development by Mollenhauer of designs originally developed by the well-known recorder maker Joachim Paetzold of Tübingen, Germany, in collaboration with the young recorder virtuoso Nicolaj Tarasov. The alto recorder is about 1.25 inches longer than a standard alto recorder and has a double key for f'-f#' which permits larger tone holes for the notes f#', g', and g#', eliminating the thin, nasal, or "pinched" quality caused by the small diameter double holes found on most modern recorders. This instrument has a clear, non-reedy, warm, flute-like tone quality which is highly uniform in color and volume throughout the entire range of two and half fully chromatic octaves. It has excellent projection and carrying power, is an ideal instrument for performing music of the late 18th century and 19th centuries, and complements the tone quality of historical and modern pianos extremely well. Our custom retuning of this instrument permits the use of much simpler fingerings in the third octave than the extremely cumbersome ones recommended by the maker. Palisander and grenadilla models are provided with a custom fitted hard case. New for 2004 were three new alto models with a triple key mechanism that extends the lower range down an additional half tone to e'. New for 2005 was a companion soprano recorder in pearwood or grenadilla with triple b'-c''-c#'' key.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modern soprano recorder in c'' | triple b'-c''-c#'' key | pearwood | 1,037.00 |
| grenadilla | 1,443.00 | ||
| Modern alto recorder in f' | double f'-f#' key | pearwood | 961.00 |
| palisander | 1,141.00 | ||
| grenadilla | 1,450.00 | ||
| triple e'-f'-f#' key | pearwood | 1,276.00 | |
| palisander | 1,456.00 | ||
| grenadilla | 1,786.00 |
We now offer five private label CD recordings featuring instruments from the Mollenhauer workshop. We are making these available to our customers because they are unavailable through normal commercial channels."Spinnaker" contains soft jazz played on the Mollenhauer PRIMA soprano and alto recorders by French jazz artist Jean-François Rousson and his combo. This album provides some very pleasant easy listening. "Cantabile" is a recital of late 18th and 19th century music performed by Nicolaj Tarasov and Michael Weiger on a variety of Modern recorders, including prototypes of other sizes not yet in production.
"Die Moderne Altflöte" is a demonstration of the capabilities of the new Mollenhauer Modern alto recorder in a wide variety of repertoire, performed by Nicolaj Tarasov. "Die Moderne Sopranflöte" is the companion recording for the soprano model. "Adri's Traumflöte" is a demonstration recording played on Mollenhauer Dream soprano, alto, and tenor recorders by a variety of players including Marion Verbruggen, Paul Leenhouts, designer Adriana Breukink herself, and a number of others.
| Title | Description | Performer | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spinnaker | soft jazz played on Mollenhauer PRIMA recorders | Jean-François Rousson, recorder | 34.00 |
| Cantabile | 18th & 19th century music played on Mollenhauer Modern recorders | Nikolaj Tarasov, recorder Michael Weiger, fortepiano |
34.00 |
| Die Moderne Sopranblockflöte | demonstration recording played on Mollenhauer Modern soprano recorder | Nikolaj Tarasov, recorder | 18.00 |
| Die Moderne Altblockflöte | demonstration recording played on Mollenhauer Modern alto recorder | Nikolaj Tarasov, recorder | 18.00 |
| Adri's Traumflöte | demonstration recording played on Mollenhauer Dream recorders | Marion Verbruggen, Paul Leenhouts, Adriana Breukink, et al. |
18.00 |
These are superb if expensive solo alto and tenor recorders with extensive modern keywork and a wide range of over three octaves. Both models are now equipped with a "Sound Unit," which includes three interchangeable windway roofs and a special mechanism which allows modification of the voicing and control of tone quality and dynamics during performance by the lips. Provided with handsome custom-fitted hard case. This instrument is intended for the professional performer of nineteenth and twentieth century music. and is custom-made on special order only. All prices are net and not subject to sale discounts.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo alto recorder in f' | extensive modern keywork, low e key | rio palisander rosewood | 3,599.00 |
| Solo tenor recorder in c' | extensive modern keywork, low b key | rio palisander rosewood | 4,416.00 |
The Picco flute is intended as a transitional instrument from recorder to transverse flute for young players. It is essentially a soprano recorder body with a transverse flute headjoint. In spite of its extremely low price, it is nicely crafted and plays very well. It is the perfect choice for a recorder player wanting an inexpensive introduction to renaissance and baroque flute playing.
| Instrument | Features | Wood | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picco soprano flute | double holes | pearwood | 145.00 |
These are authentic reproduction early 17th century-style late renaissance/early baroque recorders designed after a set of surviving original instruments by Hieronymous F. Kynsecker in the Nuremberg Germanisches Museum; they feature two piece construction with unique elaborate headjoint profile, wide, largely cylindrical bores with narrow, curved windways and large diameter single tone holes; they were scaled from the original pitch of a'=462 to a'=440 Hz., and have a useable range of two and a half octaves in the smaller sizes. The unique alto recorder in g' after Ganassi features a very wide bore with a pronounced flare in footjoint and has almost a three octave range, but has been out of production for several years and is currently being redesigned. The Kynsecker piccolo and sopranino recorders are supplied with cardboard boxes; the Kynsecker soprano, alto, and keyless tenors have a handsome semicircular black leather bag. The keyed tenors, basses, and greatbass are provided with custom fitted hard cases made by Jacob Winter. We recommend these instruments only to experienced players with well-developed playing techniques; less experienced players would probably be better off using the much less expensive Canta or Waldorf-Design instruments for renaissance ensemble music.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piccolo in c''' | one piece, single holes | maple | 370.00 |
| plumwood | 446.00 | ||
| Sopranino in f'' | two piece, single holes | maple | 419.00 |
| plumwood | 502.00 | ||
| Soprano in c'' | two piece, single holes | maple | 446.00 |
| plumwood | 535.00 | ||
| Alto in g' | two piece, single holes | maple | 623.00 |
| plumwood | 722.00 | ||
| Alto in f' | two piece, single holes | maple | 623.00 |
| plumwood | 722.00 | ||
| Tenor in c' | two piece, keyless | maple | 790.00 |
| plumwood | 894.00 | ||
| Tenor in c' | key and fontanelle | maple | 1,296.00 |
| plumwood | 1,405.00 | ||
| Bass in f | direct blow, single f key | maple | 2,425.00 |
| plumwood stained pearwood | 2,564.00 | ||
| Greatbass in c | bocal blow, single key | maple | 4,141.00 |
| Ganassi alto in g' | two piece | pearwood | NLA |
The Morgan Special Edition baroque alto recorders, originally designed by the late Australian maker Fred Morgan (1940-1999) and now being produced in collaboration with the latter's widow, are patterned after an outstanding original instrument in the Copenhagen museum collection and are available in modern pitch in a choice of South American or European boxwood. New for 2006 was a low-pitch version of this instrument, available only in European boxwood. New for 2010 are modern-pitch and low-pitch altos in grenadilla. The European boxwood models have now been discontinued and availability is limited to current stock. All Denner reproduction recorders have extremely narrow, highly curved windways and labium, heavily undercut toneholes, and produce a sweet, gentle, rich, quiet but complex tone quality. These instruments are a good deal easier to manage and much less quirky than most reproduction baroque recorders.
| Instrument | Features | Wood Choices | Net Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denner baroque soprano in c'' | a'=440, double holes soft leather case, thread-lapped joints |
unstained European boxwood | 615.00 |
| Denner baroque alto in f' | a'=440, double holes soft leather case, thread-lapped joints |
Zapatero boxwood | 1,306.00 |
| grenadilla | 1,661.00 | ||
| a'=415, double holes soft leather case, thread-lapped joints |
Zapatero boxwood | 1,306.00 | |
| grenadilla | 1,661.00 |
