Windkanal

Windkanal is a German-language specialist magazine devoted to the recorder (Blockflöte). Published by the recorder manufacturer Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH in Fulda, it has appeared since 1997, normally four times a year, with issues of roughly 40 to 44 pages and a print run of about 1,750 copies. The magazine serves as an information and discussion forum for recorder players across many fields of activity, including higher education, music schools, concert practice, church congregations, playing circles and adult education. It regularly profiles composers, instrument makers and publishers connected with the recorder. Editorially, Windkanal covers both early and new music for the recorder, carries musician portraits and interviews, and includes a calendar of symposia, congresses and continuing-education events in German-speaking countries. Its readership spans professional instrumentalists as well as committed amateurs and hobby musicians. Since 2017 the magazine has also been available in an E-paper format, complementing the printed edition and the online archive. The magazine's website, windkanal.de, presents the current issue, an archive reaching back to 1997, bonus material with supplementary images and audio for selected articles, subscription information, media data and a shop for single issues and E-paper editions. The archive from 1997 to 2010 is available free of charge. Windkanal is a member of ERTA, the European Recorder Teachers Association, and its editorial team can be contacted through the publisher in Fulda.

Windkanal was founded in 1997 as a specialist magazine for the recorder, issued by the recorder manufacturer Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH in Fulda, Germany. From the outset it was conceived as an information and discussion organ for recorder players working in a wide range of contexts: universities and conservatories, music schools, concert practice, church congregations, playing circles and adult education. The magazine also set out to present composers, instrument makers and publishers associated with the recorder on a regular basis. Its editorial profile combines coverage of early and new music for the recorder with musician portraits and interviews, and a calendar informing readers about symposia, congresses and continuing-education events in German-speaking countries. The target readership deliberately spans both the professional instrumentalist and the committed amateur or hobby musician, giving the magazine a broad role in the German-language recorder scene. Windkanal normally appears four times a year, with issues of about 40 to 44 pages and a print run of roughly 1,750 copies. Over the years the magazine has built a substantial archive: the website offers an archive reaching back to 1997, with the material from 1997 to 2010 available free of charge, and a separate archive for issues from 2005 onwards. Selected articles are accompanied by bonus material containing supplementary images and audio. In 2017 the magazine added an E-paper edition, making Windkanal available in digital form alongside the printed issues. The website also provides subscription services, media data for advertisers, a shop for current and single issues and E-paper editions, and links to ERTA, the European Recorder Teachers Association, of which Windkanal is a member. The magazine continues to be published by Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH and remains active, reporting on contemporary developments in recorder teaching and performance, such as the recorder class at the Berlin University of the Arts and Baroque music courses in South Tyrol.

• 2017

  Windkanal becomes available in an E-paper format in addition to the print edition.

• 2005

  The online archive from 2005 onwards is established on the magazine's website.

• 1997

  Windkanal is founded and begins publication as a quarterly specialist magazine for the recorder, published by Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH.

A specialist, publisher-owned forum magazine for the recorder community in German-speaking countries, combining professional and amateur perspectives.

• Windkanal print magazine

  Quarterly specialist magazine for the recorder, typically 40–44 pages per issue with a print run of about 1,750 copies.

• Windkanal E-paper

  Digital edition of the magazine, available since 2017.

• Windkanal online archive

  Archive of back issues reaching back to 1997, with the 1997–2010 material free of charge and a separate archive from 2005 onwards.

• Bonus material

  Supplementary images and audio material for selected articles from the print archive.

1. 1Windkanal – Forum & Magazin für die Blockflöte (official website)windkanal.de
2. 2Windkanal (Zeitschrift) – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Windkanal – Wikidatawikidata.org