Wood types used
wood types, used in bagpipe making
Instruments made by Béchonnet are entirely of boxwood (Buxus sempervirens), or of ebony (Diospyros ebenum, Maba ebenus, &c.) with Boitiers of maple (Acer), partially veneered with ebony (Diospyros ebenum, Maba ebenus, &c.).
Chassaing, Jean-François: La tradition de cornemuse en Basse-Auvergne et Sud-Bourbonnais [Thèse de doctorat, ethnologie 3e cycle, Univ. Lyon 2, 1981]. Moulins, 1983 (© 1982), p.86.
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