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    Looking very sharp indeed in the kilt. Careful with those pipes, they'll put somebody's eye out! But they look very neat as well. I'm curious how the dual chanter works.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer View Post
    Looking very sharp indeed in the kilt. Careful with those pipes, they'll put somebody's eye out! But they look very neat as well. I'm curious how the dual chanter works.
    It's not a dual chanter. It's a single chanter with the tenor drone set parallel to it in the same stock. Assuming it's a standard Bechonnet, there is also a third (sopranino) drone angling out the back ot the chanter stock as well.

    A quick google of the term musette Bechonnet will tell you more than you want to know about this instrument.

    If you're interested in double chanters, look more for Cornish doublepipes or the Italian zampogna.
    The tradition continues!
    The Pipers Gathering at Killington, VT

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    Quote Originally Posted by wgority View Post
    It's not a dual chanter. It's a single chanter with the tenor drone set parallel to it in the same stock. Assuming it's a standard Bechonnet, there is also a third (sopranino) drone angling out the back ot the chanter stock as well.
    Ah! Fascinating. I'll have to try the mighty google. Though I don't see the third drone on the picture, for either piper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer View Post
    Ah! Fascinating. I'll have to try the mighty google. Though I don't see the third drone on the picture, for either piper.
    This is an unusal custom made Béchonnet made for me by a young maker named Raphaël Jeannin, living in Beaujolais. Most Béchonnet system are bellows blown, using what we therefore call "dry reeds". As I wanted a mouth blown set of pipes (using wet reeds) Raphaël talked me out of having a small drone (chanterelle) behind the box chanter and tenor drone stock for it would only bring me condensation problems. Mind you, these chanterelle drones are only a 2 1/2 inches long and you probably wouldn't be able to see it unless the photo was taken at a precise angle.
    Robert Amyot-MacKinnon

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