My Papageno Pipes are made of fine African Sapele wood. Musically, they are a faithful rendition of the pipes played in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. They are tuned to the key of G and play five notes, g5-d6. Each tone is crisp and clear, and the pitch of each note is easily adjustable using the sliding tuners.

Below is a partial list of performers and institutions using my Papageno Pipes in their performances of The Magic Flute:

Opera Philadelphia
Portland Opera
Grand Opera House, Great Britain
Boston Baroque
Asociación Nueva Babel, Spain
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Welsh National Opera
Utah Opera


Royal College of Music, Great Britain
Manhattan School of Music
Yale School of Music
Conservatoire de musique de Montreal
Tokyo College of Music
Peck School of the Arts, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Fisher Center at Bard College
Virginia Commonwealth University Opera
Bemidji State University
Hoff-Barthelson Music School
University of Northern Colorado School of Music
Schulich School of Music - McGill University
Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto


Andrew Garland
Sidney Outlaw
Robert DeSimone
Morgan Pearse
Andrew Wilkoswke
James Martin
Ronald Stavert
James Allbritten
Charles York
Russell A Franks
Paul Floyd
Gabriel Wernick
Eugene Walden
Jason Holmstedt
Krzysztof Biernacki
Craig Verm
Nick Gee
Mark Stone
Brian DeLong
Gareth John
Masanao Nakai
Zeng Cha
Martin Vilbrand

The instrument comes with a thick corduroy drawstring carrying bag for protection and has a cord attached for hanging around the neck.

Click the gold tabs above to learn more, and please use the last tab to tell a friend. Thanks!

Morgan Pearse
"Hi Charlie. Photo from the start of the 120th performance of
The Magic Flute in the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe for you!
Featuring the best pipes in the business. Thanks!"     Morgan

Mark Stone

"Hi Charlie, I have them, and they are fabulous.
Thank you so much." Best wishes, Mark