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Cornemuse Béchonnet (f)

(with) definite article: la

Bagpipe, bellows-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter + drone / b: 1 additional drone)

Identical types: 8

NB¹: ➺ Béchonnet for the other types he made; NB²: ➺ Auvergne.

The Boitiers of instruments made by Béchonnet are commonly (i.e. with rare exceptions) decorated with mother-of-pearl.

Sources

Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.63.

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.

Blanc, Bernard: Cabrettes à l'étude. Description technique de la cabrette. In: Ricros (et al.): La cabrette… (2017), p.596.