About Paetzold Recorders Kunath's Paetzold Recorders are the result of an effort to create large recorders that are ergonomic and affordable without sacrificing quality of sound. And the Paetzold recorders are just that. Their innovative design allows for the use of cheaper materials and manufacturing techniques, resulting in much more affordable...
About Paetzold Recorders Kunath's Paetzold Recorders are the result of an effort to create large recorders that are ergonomic and affordable without sacrificing quality of sound. And the Paetzold recorders are just that. Their innovative design allows for the use of cheaper materials and manufacturing techniques, resulting in much more affordable...
About Paetzold Recorders Kunath's Paetzold Recorders are the result of an effort to create large recorders that are ergonomic and affordable without sacrificing quality of sound. And the Paetzold recorders are just that. Their innovative design allows for the use of cheaper materials and manufacturing techniques, resulting in much more affordable...
MARSYAS recorders are characterized by a colorful sound (even with gentle blowing pressure) and the effortless response of the high register. Its sound is elegant, fine, singing and sweet. A "flauto dolce" in the truest sense of the word. The MARSYAS tenors have a bearing and sonorous sound. The bottom...
MARSYAS recorders are characterized by a colorful sound (even with gentle blowing pressure) and the effortless response of the high register. Its sound is elegant, fine, singing and sweet. A "flauto dolce" in the truest sense of the word. The sopranos MARSYAS have astonishing flexibility and strength in their sound....
MARSYAS recorders are characterized by a colorful sound (even with gentle blowing pressure) and the effortless response of the high register. Its sound is elegant, fine, singing and sweet. A "flauto dolce" in the truest sense of the word. The alto MARSYAS have a sound spectrum that ranges from warm...
Despite much painstaking effort, Martin Wenner was unable to find an original piccolo that would be suitable as a model for a well-functioning instrument tuned at today's common pitches (a=430Hz to a=415 Hz). For this reason, Wenner's piccolo is a unique three-piece model, although it corresponds to the preserved original piccolos as...
These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning and...
These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning and...
These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning and...
These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning and...
 These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning...
These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are Hieronymus F. Kynseker (Nuremberg, 1636-1686) based on the original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning and...
These versatile, Renaissance-era instruments are based on original instruments by Hieronymus F. Kynseker (1636-1686) kept at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. Mollenhauer's Kynseker ensemble instruments remain faithful to the most important characteristics of the originals: their aesthetics form, volume, and strong, distinctive sound. Tuning and sound have been carefully matched, making...
Many copies of Baroque recorders are made to play at modern pitch rather than their original low pitch and therefore lose a lot of their character. Martin Wenner's Anciuti instrument is based on an original Anciuti recorder that plays at the higher Chorton pitch of a=440 Hz. The Wenner model,...
Johann Wilhelm Oberlender lived and worked between 1681 and 1745 in Nuremburg. Just like J. Denner, he was one of the most famous German flute makers of this period, proof of which, is the number of flutes that still survive today. One particularly fine and unique example is to be...
The Csakan, or so-called 'walking stick' flute, was developed in Hungary and was a musical fashion in Vienna between 1820 and 1850. Over 400 original compositions for the Csakan are known to exist by composers like A. Heberle, E. Krahmer, and A. Diabelli, among others. Johann Ziegler (1795-1858) started his...
Jan Steenbergen (1676-1752) worked in the first half of the 18th century in Amsterdam as a manufacturer of woodwind instruments, particularly oboes and recorders. A beautifully crafted and well-preserved Steenbergen recorder can be found in the collection of F. Bruggen, who also used it in his recordings. Martin Wenner's handmade...
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773) was probably the best-known flute player of the 18th century. His fame is due not only to his compositions and his book On Playing the Flute (1752), but also to the fact that he was the flute teacher of Frederick the Great of Prussia. In 1739 Quantz...
The design of this three-joint, single-keyed instrument is attributed to the Hotteterre family, who were famous for their development of instruments and their playing techniques in the mid 17th century. Its deep-toned and warm sound is ideal for early French Baroque repertoire. Martin Wenner's Hotteterre flute is based on an...