Title: Cornemuse Béchonnet
Object type: Cornemuse Béchonnet
Date: 1874
Culture: French
Artist:  Joseph Bechonnet 
Artist bio: Effiat, Puy de Dome, 1820–1900
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
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
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Geography:  Effiat, Puy-de-Dôme   France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY