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Click here to discover our 2025 Recorder Yearbook & Maintenance Guide, free with every wooden recorder or £5.95 when purchased separately. In this essential pocket guide, you can find recorder maintenance instructions, a history of the recorder, interviews with recorder players Tabea Debus and Erik Bosgraaf, a guest article from Professor Ian Wilson, and a diary of recorder events for 2025.

  • Mollenhauer Modern Alto Recorder with E-foot in Grenadilla

    Mollenhauer
    £1,895.00
    Mollenhauer 5924E Modern alto (treble) in f', grenadilla, with E-foot joint and triple key e/f/#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional alto, it gives these lower notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on alto recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional alto. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, wiper wool, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions. Listen to this recorder: Your browser does not support the audio element.
    £1,895.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Soprano Recorder in Grenadilla

    Mollenhauer
    £1,525.00
    Mollenhauer 5914H Modern soprano (descant) grenadilla with B-foot joint and triple key b/c/c#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional soprano, it gives these lower notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on soprano recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional soprano. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. Suitable for playing within a pop, jazz or folk context, with a string orchestra or a piano trio, the dynamic range gets over the restrictions of traditional recorders with an incredible depth of tone and the ability to play softly in the upper registers. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, wiper wool, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions.
    £1,525.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Alto Recorder with E-foot in Palisander

    Mollenhauer
    £1,495.00
    Mollenhauer 5920E Modern alto (treble) in f', palisander, with E-foot joint and triple key e/f/#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional alto, it gives these lower notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on alto recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional alto. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, wiper wool, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions. Listen to this recorder: Your browser does not support the audio element.
    £1,495.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Alto Recorder in Palisander

    Mollenhauer
    £1,250.00
    Mollenhauer 5920 Modern alto (treble) in f', palisander, with with f-foot joint and double key f/f#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional alto, it has a double f/f# key that firstly gives these notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on alto recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional alto. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, mop, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions. Listen to this recorder: Your browser does not support the audio element.
    £1,250.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Alto Recorder in Grenadilla

    Mollenhauer
    £1,550.00
    Mollenhauer 5924 Modern alto (treble) in f', grenadilla, with with f-foot joint and double key f/f#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional alto, it has a double f/f# key that firstly gives these notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on alto recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional alto. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, mop, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions. Listen to this recorder: Your browser does not support the audio element.
    £1,550.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Alto Recorder with E-foot in Pearwood

    Mollenhauer
    £1,375.00
    Mollenhauer 5926E Modern alto (treble) in f', pearwood, with E-foot joint and triple key e/f/#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional alto, it gives these lower notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on alto recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional alto. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, wiper wool, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions. Listen to this recorder: Your browser does not support the audio element.
    £1,375.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Soprano Recorder in Pearwood

    Mollenhauer
    £1,295.00
    Mollenhauer 5916H Modern soprano (descant) pearwood with B-foot joint and triple key b/c/c#.This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional soprano, it gives these lower notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on soprano recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional soprano. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. Suitable for playing within a pop, jazz or folk context, with a string orchestra or a piano trio, the dynamic range gets over the restrictions of traditional recorders with an incredible depth of tone and the ability to play softly in the upper registers. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, wiper wool, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions
    £1,295.00
  • Mollenhauer Modern Alto Recorder in Pearwood

    Mollenhauer
    £1,150.00
    Mollenhaeur 5926 Modern alto (treble) in f', pearwood, with with f-foot joint and double key f/f#. This design was the product of collaboration between recorder virtuoso Nikolaj Tarasov and recorder maker Joachim Paetzold. A little longer than the conventional alto, it has a double f/f# key that firstly gives these notes a significantly more powerful sound than is usual on alto recorders and secondly, enables notes in the third octave to be played much more easily than on a conventional alto. It has a strong, warm and very expressive sound that makes it a versatile instrument capable of playing music from the 18th century to present day. The recorder has a SYNPOR block, a synthetic block similar to cedar, which imitates the molecular structure of wood and which can absorb moisture humidity through its micropores. With hard case, CD with sound examples, mop, cork grease, fingering chart, maintenance instructions. Listen to this recorder: Your browser does not support the audio element.
    £1,150.00
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