Sharon,

The quick answer to that question is Leica 800-248-0123.  The long
answer may explain why I feel that it is doubtfull if they will have AO
(American Optical) parts available.  They have gone through several name
changes (AO Reichert, Reichert-Jung, Cambridge Inst., and Leica) and one
major location change, from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL.  I left the
company shortly after Cambridge Inst.'s took over and at that time there
were still some parts available in Buffalo for the AO Spencer microtomes
but not a lot.  That has been some years ago so there is no telling
what, if any, of the older parts are still available.

best regards,
Bob
Robert Schoonhoven
Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis
Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina
CB#7400
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone
office 919-966-6343
   Lab 919-966-6140
   Fax 919-966-6123

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you
nothing; it was here first.
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910)

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> From: Sharon Bledsoe <sbledsoe@iupui.edu>
> Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:11:53 -0500
> Subject: A0
> To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>
> We have an old AO microtome.... who purchased them???
>
>

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