Alto Recorders (Baroque)

• Baroque fingering
• Pitch: a' = 442 Hz
• The STUDIO alto recorder offers a great ratio of playing capacity to value for money
• A great instrument for all requirements
• Has been used as a solo instrument in the Berlin Philharmonic
• Range: Two octaves and a major second
• Produces an elegant sound
• Length: 47.2 cm
• Material: Cherry wood
• Impregnated with paraffin
• Both the inside and the outside of the instrument have been treated with oil

• Body is made from pearwood
• Baroque fingering
• With double holes
• Includes a case box, cleaning rod, cloth, and a fingering chart

The alto recorder of Thomas Stanesby Senior from the Frans Brüggen collection, Amsterdam, is characterised by its clear, warm and full-bodied tone. The beauty of its sound, in combination with easy response and reliability, makes this model an expressive, effective solo instrument.

• Boxwood, antique stained
• Tuning a1 = 442 Hz
• All Stanesby models are of a three-piece design
• Baroque fingering with double holes
• Includes: Case, cleaning rod and cloth, certificate, fingering table, maintenance kit

The Flauto Rondo produces a balanced sound in all positions and playing situations, which is easy to produce without special breathing techniques. A great recorder for ensemble playing.

• Model: Flauto Rondo
• Baroque fingering
• Double key
• Material: Maple
• a' = 442 Hz
• 3-Piece instrument
• Includes a cotton bag with leather trim

• Baroque fingering
• Pitch: a' = 442 Hz
• The SUPERIO alto recorder enjoys a strong and characterful sound with a strong low register
• Range: Two octaves and a fourth
• Produces a robust, yet bright and light sound
• Length: 47.3 cm
• Impregnated with paraffin
• Both the inside and the outside of the instrument have been treated with oil

• Modern voicing (the structural design and fine tuning of the windway and block)
• "Modern sound" powerful, assertive and unmistakable
• A sound with its own character
• Almost 3 octave range, with a balanced, smooth response and clear, brilliant tone
• Harmonic recorder
• Pear wood
• With an E-foot and additional key
• A range of almost 3 octaves
• Baroque fingering
• A = 442 Hz
• Incl. case

• Baroque fingering
• Arched windway
• Double toneholes
• A = 442 Hz
• Three-piece design
• Colour of the mouthpiece and rings: Ivory-coloured
• Body colour: Dark brown
• Includes a bag and a removable thumb rest

• A unique handmade instrument
• Baroque fingering
• Ideal for virtuoso late Baroque music
• 415 Hz
• Material: Blackwood
• Windway is specially designed by master craftsmen
• Heavily undercut tone holes
• Bushed thumbhole
• Rounded and polished beak
• Threaded joints
• Finish: Stained (historically accurate), oiled by hand, polished surface
• Includes a leather bag and accessories

• Material: Rosewood
• Baroque fingering
• Double toneholes
• Includes a case, cleaning rod, cloth, fingering chart and maintenance set

• Baroque fingering
• Suitable for recorder music of all epochs and styles
• Range of 2 1/2 octaves
• Made from Castello boxwood
• a' = 442 Hz
• Double key
• The c#4 (S), f#3 (A), and c#3 (T) can be played without the troublesome covering of the sound hole
• It can be reliably played along with piano and other "modern" instruments due to its particular sound and volume

• Baroque fingering
• Double toneholes
• Material: Pearwood
• Includes a cotton bag

• Baroque fingering
• Three parts
• Material: Castello boxwood
• a' = 442 Hz
• Includes fingering chart, wiper and grease

• Baroque fingering
• Tuning: a' = 442 Hz
• Material: Grenadilla (Dalbergia Melanoxylon)
• Has a very rich sound, even with gentle blowing pressure
• The spectrum ranges from warm to brilliant, but the sound always remains elegant
• Effortless response, making it very popular with amateur flute players
• Range is two octaves and a fifth
• Length: 47 cm
• Treated with paraffin
• Oiled inside and outside

• Airbrush design
• Material: Pearwood
• E-foot and triple key in E/F/F#
• Range: a' = 442 Hz
• Tonal range: e1 - e-flat 4
• The different Elody designs are prepared by hand using an airbrush technique. Slight variations in motif detail may therefore occur.
• High-gloss lacquer
• Colour: Sunburst
• Includes a case and accessories
• The Elody can be played in two ways:
• Its pure acoustic sound is impressive and allows the instrument to be used as a modern harmonic alto that is suitable for any musical style and context
• Each Elody has been fitted with a hidden pickup
• Includes a special cable for easy connection to any common effects unit or amplifier

• Material: Pear tree wood
• Baroque fingering
• Double hole
• 3-Piece in a cotton bag
• a1 = 442 Hz
• Includes accessories

Australia - Country of immeasurable expanses and gigantic landscapes...

Here lived and worked one of the most prominent recorder makers of our time: Frederick Morgan, who died in a car accident in 1999

No other of his guild received a similar recognition worldwide, the list of those playing his instruments in concerts and on CDs, reads like the "Who's Who" of the top international recorder players.

His art was founded on careful studies of the historical recorder making. That is why his instruments reached a quality, that recorder makers from around the world consider a model.

Fred Morgan left a valuable legacy: Results of decades of research, instruments, recordings...

It is a responsible task to perserve this legacy, evaluate and develop it. Therefore, a comprehensive and forward-looking partnership between Fred Morgan's wife, Ann, and Mollenhauer has now been established.

Fred Morgan had plans, which he unfortunately coudn't realise: For a broad reception of the results of its work, he wanted to build high-quality, yet affordable serial recorders on the basis of his knowledge and decades of research.

If we want to continue Fred Morgan's plans today, a striking instrument presents itself immediately from his inheritance: An alto recorder in high pitch (440Hz) developed from an original instrument by Jacob Denner (1681-1735), which is kept in Copenhagen.

Fred Morgan developed this "high Denner" originally for the Danish recorder player Michala Petri, displaying the whole art of recorder making: A recorder with all the advantages of the original instrument, enormous dynamic stability and especially in the high pitches a richness of sound, matching the highest requirements.

Our DENNER- alto recorder Mollenhauer & Morgan has been developed from this instrument, based on Fred Morgan's records.

It joins our DENNER ensemble, which has already been specialy awarded: by the German Musical Instrument Prize for the DENNER soprano recorder.

Thus a wish of Fred Morgan comes true: To present the results of his research to a large group of players by a series of high-quality instruments...

• Material: Pearwood
• E-Foot and triple key E/F/F#
• Tonal range: e1 - e-flat 4
• Pitch: a' = 442 Hz
• The different Elody designs are prepared by hand using an airbrush technique. Slight variations in motif detail may therefore occur.
• High-gloss lacquer
• Airbrush design
• Includes a case and accessories
• The Elody can be played in two ways:
• Its impressive pure acoustic sound allows the instrument to be used as a modern harmonic alto that is suitable for any musical style and context
• Each Elody has been fitted with a hidden pickup
• Includes a special cable for easy connection to any common effects unit or amplifier

• Baroque fingering
• Tuning: a' = 442 Hz
• The SUPERIO alto recorder has a powerful sound with a strong low register
• Range is two octaves and a fourth
• Robust, warm sound
• Length: 47.3 cm
• Material: Plum
• Treated with paraffin
• Oiled inside and outside

This agile instrument offers a high degree of playing reliability in all registers and is therefore particularly suitable for virtuoso music in which tempo and agility are important, such as the recorder works of Georg Philipp Telemann.

Moeck has chosen the recorder from the Music History Museum in Copenhagen as the model for the Denner alto recorder. It is considered by many renowned recorder makers to be the best of Denner's surviving instruments.

• Made of boxwood
• Tuning: a1 = 415 Hz
• Includes: Case, wiper rod and cloth, cork grease, certificate, fingering chart and care set

This alto recorder is named after the recorder maker Thomas Stanesby Sr. (1668-1734) and is based on an original model from the collection of Frans Brüggen, Amsterdam. The model's remarkably warm and full tone is especially impressive, making it a very effective and expressive solo instrument owing to its beautiful sound, easy response and reliability.

• Antique stained boxwood
• Pitch: a1 = 415 Hz
• All Stanesby models are three-piece instruments
• Baroque fingering with double holes
• Included: Case, cleaning rod and -cloth, certificate, fingering chart and a care kit

• Baroque fingering
• Pitch: a' = 442 Hz
• The STUDIO alto recorder offers a great ratio of playing capacity to value for money
• A great instrument for all requirements and which has been used as a solo instrument in the Berlin Philharmonic
• Range: Two octaves and a major second
• Produces a warm sound
• Length: 47.2 cm
• Material: Pearwood
• Impregnated with paraffin
• Both the inside and the outside of the instrument have been treated with oil