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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 297665, member: 5833&quot;]Think we would usually call the &#039;belt&#039; a collar?</p><p><br /></p><p>No doubt bell collars wear out &amp; have to be replaced from time to time.&nbsp; This is a remarkable item:&#039;Ousset&#039; returns no exact matches; &#039;Ustendorf&#039; (do I have that correctly?) returns only as a surname.&nbsp; I was thinking that Ustendorf was the place where the bells were made, but maybe part of the company name, Ousset-Ustendorf?&nbsp; That there is no more Internet presence than this for either name suggests the bell is quite old.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is little on cowbells, other than the percussive kind we all need more of.&nbsp; Best find:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/haute-savoie-cowbell-maker.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/haute-savoie-cowbell-maker.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/haute-savoie-cowbell-maker.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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