Mollenhauer Student Soprano 1042D - Pearwood Stained (Baroque fingering)

A Mollenhauer Recorder Designed for Learning

With the Student, Mollenhauer offers a soprano recorder with a clear goal: to provide beginners with a reliable, stable, and motivating instrument for everyday use. The brand is known for its manufacturing quality and tuning expertise, and this model was developed with a very practical approach: students and teachers tested it, and their feedback was incorporated to optimize handling and playing consistency.
Result: a soprano that emphasizes softness, balance between registers, and stable intonation, to play in tune both solo and in ensemble. This is exactly what is expected from a wooden study recorder: a pleasing sound without harshness, and a reassuring response.

Who Is This Soprano Recorder For?

The Mollenhauer Student is primarily aimed at beginners (children and adults alike) as well as students in their first years of music school. Its baroque fingering makes it compatible with most current methods and with the reading/intonation work required in lessons.
It is particularly suitable for educational repertoire, early music (introduction), pop arrangements, and ensemble playing (recorder classes, school orchestras, workshops). Its balanced tonal character helps blend into the group without overpowering others, while remaining present enough to guide the student.

Sound and Design

The dark-stained pearwood provides a more "organic" feel than a resin instrument, with a timbre often perceived as rounder and more nuanced. On this Student, the goal is not maximum power but an easy response and a refined sound, pleasant to the ear, which remains controllable when learning to blow correctly.
The recorder is advertised with stable intonation and carefully harmonized tuning, which ensures confidence when playing sustained notes, intervals, and ensemble work. The double hole (the two small holes at the bottom of the body) is a valuable aid: it improves the accuracy of altered notes by reducing the usual fingering compromises, which quickly impacts intonation.
Ergonomically, the pinkie rest (small finger support) is designed for small hands : a very practical detail that can make a difference for relaxation and stability of holding, especially for children.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

This recorder comes with a case, a microfiber cleaning swab, and joint grease, so you already have the essentials to start and maintain the instrument. To complement, a music stand and a metronome are useful and universal choices, with no risk of compatibility issues.

Technical specifications

Level	Student	Color	Brown
System	Baroque	Finishing	Tinted
Materials	Pearwood

Type	soprano recorder	Case	rainbow case
Wood	dark-stained pearwood	Maintenance	microfiber cleaning swab
Pitch / tuning	A = 442 Hz	Grease	joint grease
Fingering	baroque	Documents	fingering chart
Bore	double hole	Model	Student
Comfort	pinkie rest adapted for small fingers