Cornemuse
Joseph Bechonnet
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
Culture
French
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession Number
89.2.165