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2025 Recorder Brand Rankings

【2025 Recorder Brand Ranking】Relying on the big data of the whole network, the recorder brands selected according to the brand awareness, brand strength, word-of-mouth evaluation and sales popularity of the recorder (in no particular order): MOECK, Mollenhauer, Küng, Aulos, YAMAHA, Yamaha, Zen-On, Ste.R, SmartSmart, Chimei, If you are querying what brand of recorder is good? This recorder brand ranking list is for your reference only.

TOP.1

MOECK Germany

Founded in 1930, it is one of the largest wooden flute manufacturers in Germany and one of the oldest manufacturers of wooden flutes and woodwind instruments, and is a specialist in the manufacture of high-quality wooden flutes. Michala Petri, the most well-known recorder today, uses MOECK's Rotthenburg flutes for her Moonchild Dream album, which is used in almost all of her recordings, and a few of them also use the Rotthenburg flutes produced by MOECK in collaboration with Von Huene, a famous American wooden flute family, which Petri praises. In addition, the Ehlert wooden flute, which Michala Petri used to play Romantic music, was also made by MOECK and has a loud and baroque sound. MOECK's Denner series is an alto flute made of boxwood, ebony and ebony, with two types of sounds, 442HZ and 415HZ, if you want to become a professional wooden flute player, 415HZ wooden flute is essential. MOECK wooden flute treble series is between 400~600 US dollars, and mid-bass series is between 1000~2000 US dollars, and there will be a big difference in price according to the different types of wood. ...

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Score

87

popularity

8059
TOP.2

Mollenhauer Germany

Mollenhauer, a well-known German recorder manufacturer, has the world's top professional recorder manufacturing standards. Today, Mollenhauer is not only a manufacturer and distributor of recorders, but also promotes them, and has its own recorder museum. The price of the Swing ABS flute series is almost the same as that of YMAHA/Aulos, so it is recommended to purchase a Japanese rubber flute series that is more targeted for production. Designer Fred Morgan collaborated with Mollenhauer on the Denner model of the wooden flute, which has a loud tone and a very dynamic beauty, which is Mollenhauer's signature series, compared to the MOECK series, the rhythm is only 442HZ, but the choice of model and wood is more than MOECK. The same model of Denner alto flute, ebony wood is about four to five thousand yuan more expensive than pear wood, and consumers can choose according to their own timbre preferences and economic conditions. After the death of Fred Morgan, the Mollenhauer Modern wooden flute designed by Nik Tarasov and Joachim Paoezold was used by Michala Petri for the recording of the album, which in terms of treble has a stronger vocal range than MOECK Ehlert and can be played with very strong or very weak dynamics...

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Score

86

popularity

5826
TOP.3

Küng Switzerland

Founded in 1933, it started with alto and bass flutes, and occupies an important position in the global field of wooden flute manufacturing. Kng has worked with a number of flute masters, including the K4 alto wooden flute with Maurice Steger Ernst Meyer and the Marsyas with Heinz Ammann. In recent years, the excellent Eagle series products have been manufactured in collaboration with Adriana Breukink-Geri Bollinger, with high professionalism and quality. The treble flute of the KNG is around $200 and the bass flute reaches $800. The characteristic of KNG is that it insists on using local wood, so there are wooden flutes of different price points due to differences in wood quality and design. ...

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Score

83

popularity

15434
TOP.4

Aulos Aeros Japan

Founded in 1954, Aulos is a brand of Toyama musical instruments in Japan, and its products are sold in more than 50 countries and regions such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, and the United States. In 1966, Aulos produced the world's first ABS resin flute, followed by the world's first bass resin recorder in 1983. In addition, Aulos has creatively created a recorder specifically designed for people with disabilities, with adjustable recorder holes. Aulos and Yamaha are on a par with the rubber flute, just like MOECK and Mollenhauer are to the wooden flute, taking the recorder as an example, Taiwan is highly developed and moving towards specialization and symphony, and the two brands with the highest frequency and best evaluation in the straight flute orchestra and straight flute solo are Japan's Aulos and YAMAHA. Aulos' 503BE tweeter and 509BE alto flute are both very cost-effective and more expensive than YAMAHA. ...

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Score

78

popularity

10425
TOP.5

YAMAHA Japan

The world's largest producer of musical instruments. It has subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico, Indonesia and other countries, and its production and sales systems are highly mature, and it occupies a solid position in the world market. The purpose of the ergonomic arrangement of the Yamaha recorder is to overcome the problem of short hands that is common in Asians, so that the player can quickly press the accurate hole and make the hole more comfortable and natural. YAMAHA 302 series is recommended, like the YRS 302BIII for treble and YRA 302BIII for alto, the timbre is close to the German MOECK wooden flute, and it is very cost-effective. YAMAHA recorder in the 90s in Tianjin, China had a foundry, later due to the global layout of the problem of revocation, the current YAMAHA entry-level flute production in Indonesia, high-end performance flutes are produced in Japan, there is no domestic YAMAHA recorder, but where the claim of domestic production of YAMAHA recorder are counterfeit imitations, the purchase of YAMAHA recorder, 100 dollars below there is already a very good choice, of course, there will be a small number of higher price options, depending on personal circumstances. ...

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Score

77

popularity

15536
TOP.6

Zen-On Japan

Founded in Japan in 1931, it has been involved in the field of rubber flutes and wooden flutes, and its price is mainly in the middle segment, and its popularity in Chinese mainland is low, and its market share is small. Like Yamaha and Aulos, Zen-On's rubber flutes are in the mid-to-high-end range, and the quality is quite reliable, but the popularity is much lower than the other two. Bressan was a French flute maker of the Baroque period, and Zen-On's Bressan Alto flute was designed by American flute master Von Huene and Japanese Kodo Uesugi based on his flute. In Zen-On's product lineup, there are many products that are made of plastic flutes in the shape of wooden flutes. In general, it takes care of beginners and is more suitable for advanced people who are transitioning from rubber flutes to wooden flutes. ...

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Score

74

popularity

17987
TOP.7

Ste.R Taiwan

Founded in Taiwan, Ste.R is a professional manufacturer of standard baroque high-quality recorders, and is registered in mainland China. In response to the common problems of beginners, the Ste.R series has improved the pipe wall in terms of improving the pitch and sound quality, so that the recorder is more tolerant in breath and easy to blow all the whole tones and semitones within 2 and a half 8 degrees, which is the biggest advantage of this brand. At the 2005 Shanghai International Music Exhibition, Bernhard, the seventh-generation head of the century-old German brand Mollenhauer, praised this product. The price of regular channels in mainland China is around 100 yuan. ...

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Score

70

popularity

6495
TOP.8

Smart Shandong

Smart is the first brand of recorder in China, with more than 20 years of experience in the manufacture of recorder instruments, the introduction of world-class production equipment and manufacturing technology, and the exclusive approval of the Art Education Committee of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and is recommended for use in primary and secondary schools across the country. All products have been entered into the catalogue of music teaching equipment for primary and secondary schools of the Ministry of Education, and the products are sold to more than 30 countries and regions in Europe, Asia, the United States, Australia and so on. The rubber flutes produced by Smart account for a large proportion of the domestic students' teaching instruments. Beginners can choose to use this recorder for beginners. The price is about the same, about 100 yuan. ...

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Score

68

popularity

6834
TOP.9

Chimei Jiangsu

Founded in 1988, Jiangsu Chimei Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. has a variety of products covering harmonica, cucurbit, recorder and other musical instruments. Its melodica and recorder account for more than 90% of China's domestic and foreign trade market share. Chi Mei occupies the mainland market with its low price, which is aimed at music classes for teenagers. However, Chimei's performance in various musical indicators is unsatisfactory, the bass is hoarse, and the treble cannot go up. Overall, CHIMEI is a toy that is more suitable for children's musical enlightenment, and it is not recommended for friends who have high requirements for performance. ...

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Score

60

popularity

12424

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Zen-On

Founded in Japan in 1931, it has been involved in the field of rubber flutes and wooden flutes, and its price is mainly in the middle segment, and its popularity in Chinese mainland is low, and its market share is small. Like Yamaha and Aulos, the rubber flutes produced by Zen-On belong to the mid-to-high-end route, and the quality is also quite acceptable
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YAMAHA

The world's largest producer of musical instruments. It has subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico, Indonesia and other countries, and its production and sales systems are highly mature, and it occupies a solid position in the world market. The Yamaha recorder is ergonomically designed with a curved arrangement of flute holes
3 15434
Küng

Founded in 1933, it started with alto and bass flutes, and occupies an important position in the global field of wooden flute manufacturing. Kng has worked with a number of flute masters, including the K4 alto wooden flute with Maurice Steger Ernst Meyer, and Heinz Ammann
4 12424
Chimei

Founded in 1988, Jiangsu Chimei Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. has a variety of products covering harmonica, cucurbit, recorder and other musical instruments. Its melodica and recorder account for more than 90% of China's domestic and foreign trade market share. Chi Mei occupies the mainland market with its low price, which is aimed at teenagers
5 10425
Aulos Aeros

Founded in 1954, Aulos is a brand of Toyama musical instruments in Japan, and its products are sold in more than 50 countries and regions such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, and the United States. In 1966, Aulos created the world's first A
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MOECK

Founded in 1930, it is one of the largest wooden flute manufacturers in Germany and one of the oldest manufacturers of wooden flutes and woodwind instruments, and is a specialist in the manufacture of high-quality wooden flutes. Today's best-known recorder Michala Petri is known for her role in Moonchild Drea
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Smart

Smart is the first brand of recorder in China, with more than 20 years of experience in the manufacture of recorder instruments, the introduction of world-class production equipment and manufacturing technology, and the exclusive approval of the Art Education Committee of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and has been promoted in primary and secondary schools across the country
8 6495
Ste.R

Founded in Taiwan, Ste.R is a professional manufacturer of standard baroque high-quality recorders, and is registered in mainland China. The Ste.R series of products addresses the common problems of beginners, and improves the intonation,
9 5826
Mollenhauer

Mollenhauer, a well-known German recorder manufacturer, has the world's top professional recorder manufacturing standards. Today, Mollenhauer is not only a manufacturer and distributor of recorders, but also promotes them, and has its own recorder museum. Swing ABS glue

2025 Recorder Brand Rankings

MOECK Germany

Mollenhauer Germany

Küng Switzerland

Aulos Aeros Japan

YAMAHA Japan

Zen-On Japan

Ste.R Taiwan

Smart Shandong

Chimei Jiangsu

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