Béchonnet+MacKinnon

[JerseyLawyer]

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.

[Ancienne Alliance]

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.