Historical, antique and ancient Grenadilla German J.Mollenhauer in circa 1904.


Historical, antique and ancient Grenadilla German J.Mollenhauer in circa 1904.

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Historical, antique and ancient Grenadilla German J.Mollenhauer in circa 1904.:
$13995.00


The company history:
how it all began ...

The history of the company name MOLLENHAUER goes back to 1822. It began with an initiative by Johann Andreas Mollenhauer (1798–1871) and has continued through several generations to the present day.
The members of the Mollenhauer family named in this article are representative of the many men and women – craftsmen and tradesmen, musicians and teachers – who have been closely associated with this family and, inspired by the idea, have shared and contributed their skill for almost 200 years.
The name Mollenhauer, like many other surnames, indicates a profession: the mould-maker made wooden troughs and corn shovels – he shaped moulds. Such moulds were used by bakers, butchers etc. and also in family households for the preparation of dough, roasts, and other similar uses.
The family of the company’s founder, however, had not been involved in the trade of mould making for some time when in 1815, at the age of 16, he left his home town of Fulda and took to the road to further his education as a turner and watch maker.

On the road
According to his surviving diary (download as PDF 5,4MB), Johann Andreas Mollenhauer chose to go into service with various woodwind and brass instrument makers in order to learn their particular trade. These included Carl Doke in Linz to whom he returned several times, Thumhard in Munich, and Franz Schöllnast in Bratislava, at that time capital of the kindom of Hungary, nowadays also known in Germany as Pressburg, capital of Slovakia. Franz Schöllnast was a remarkable Csakan maker.

Johann Andreas returned to Fulda in 1822, having covered more than 4,000 km and spent more than 7 years on the road, and registered his trade there as an instrument maker. Just one year later he exhibited his first flutes, clarinets and oboes at an exhibition in Kassel. Under the chairmanship of composer and court director of music Louis Spohr, the adjudicators remarked in their judgement:
“The quality of workmanship displayed is distinctive in all three categories of instrument: wood, brass and silver ...”
A few years later the distinguished craftsman was appointed court instrument maker by the prince elector of Hesse. His books and balance sheets go back to the year 1828 and, at the time of his death in 1871, list the sale of 5559 instruments, namely: “2422 flutes, 24 csakans, 17 Flageolets (two of them double Flageolets), 2839 clarinets, 216 bassoons , 37 oboes, and 4 basset horns” (cf. Mollenhauer, Otto: Chronik der Firma J. Mollenhauer & Söhne Fulda – a company history of Mollenhauer & Sons –, Fulda 1993). Various brass instruments are also listed in these books. His clientele extended well beyond the German borders, even to the United States. It is unlikely that Johann Andreas made all these instruments himself. Three of his sons are thought to have been involved in the production, the elder two later opened their own workshops – Valentin Mollenhauer as a brass instrument maker in Fulda and Gustav Mollenhauer as a woodwind and brass instrument maker in Kassel. The workshop in Kassel is still famous for its double reed instruments and has been owned by the Schaub family for three generations.
His third son Thomas Mollenhauer (1840–1914) proved to be a versatile and gifted successor for the Fulda workshop of J. Mollenhauer & Sons. Like his father, he travelled to further his knowledge of the trade after his initial training in his father’s workshop.The Boehm Flute
Receptive to all innovations in musical instrument making, Thomas learned about the newly developed cylindrical flute and its complicated key mechanism when he stayed with Theobald Böhm in 1863/4. He returned to Fulda after this stay but remained in friendly contact with his master in Munich.
It was not long before Thomas Mollenhauer delivered his first Boehm flute to the United States. He then developed an alto flute based on the Boehm system and, following its inventor’s advice, even successfully improved his piccolo flute. In a letter to Thomas Mollenhauer dated 24th August 1878 Theobald Böhm expressed his gratitude for Thomas’ help in spreading knowledge of his invention against a background of aversion to the new flute construction.

Listing description :


Pursuant to Library of Congress, confirmsthat fluteis historical as DCM 1635: J. Mollenhauer & Söhne / Flute in C. No Cracks and it is in excellent condition.

Fantastic and Historical GermanJ.Mollenhauer Grenadilla Flute C... The circa might be in l904 and the flute is110 years old. The serial number is 30598 and stamp “J.Mollenhauer Fulda” hasbeen engraved on Headjoint, Bodyjoint and Footjoint of flute. This flute hadonly original flute case and I have purchased and added beautiful Cavallaroflute case protector. I will ship by FedEx, signature required and insured. NoInternational return accepted. For international shipping, buyer is responsiblefor paying of all shipping costs (insurance, shipping cost from USA to addressof buyer, custom cost and tax). This flute has been professionallyoverhauled. The flute is in excellent condition and has been fully refurbishedand fitted with good quality white leather pads and new corks. The flute is allcomplete as original with original case(please see pictures, flute casein working used order having had a repair to the corner of the case). The allflute’s keys have been finely cleaned and polished, the wood has been oiled andcleaned and is presented in excellent condition with no cracks at all andunique. The flute is used and although it has been cleaned and refurbishedplease expect some use signs as it is not new. In my opinion it is in greatplaying order, blows well and is cosmetically very tidy condition (forcosmetics condition please see pictures).Regarding the pitch and length of the flute - the flute measures 60cmfrom the center blow hole to the end of the foot joint. I believe the flute isstandard pitch A440tested against the tuner the flute plays perfectly intune.


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Historical, antique and ancient Grenadilla German J.Mollenhauer in circa 1904.:
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