Béchonnet, Joseph
1820 [1821?] -1900maker of bagpipes (&c.) mentioned by name
Bagpipe maker in Effiat, dépt. Puy-de-Dôme; Since the late 20th century his name is attached to any French bagpipe developed on the basis of his instruments; NB¹: ➺ Cornemuse Béchonnet, type a and type b, & Musette Béchonnet, type a, type b, and type c; NB²: ➺ Meillet, and Cornemuse Chaput.
Instrument: Cornemuse Béchonnet
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.80-87, 95, 105 (1820-1900 [sic]) -109, [116 (map)], 265.
Robert, Christian: L’histoire singulière de la musette Béchonnet et de sa progéniture contemporaine européenne = La storia singolare della cornamusa Béchonnet e della sua influenza sull’evoluzione recente di alcune cornamuse europee = The remarkable history of the Musette Béchonnet and its modern descendants in Europe. In: Utriculus XII (45), gennaio/marzo 2008, p.17 (1821-1900 [sic]).