Cornemuse
Object type: Cornemuse
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Joseph Bechonnet
Artist bio: Effiat, Puy de Dome, 1820–1900
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1874
Medium: Wood, ivory, sheep or cowhide, leather, velvet
Dimensions: Chanter with bell:  42.1 cm (16-1/2 in.), 3 drones:  bass in 3 sections:  77.6 cm (30-5/8 in.), tenor in 2 sections:  317 cm (12-1/2 in.), treble in 2 sections:  75 cm (29-1/2 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-bagpipe
Geography:  Effiat, Puy-de-Dôme   France  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889