Dear Jeff:

We use a company to service our electon microscope that I'd recommend you contact regarding packaging up your scopes. They have done work for us for about 5 years and can work on a variety of different types of instruments. They are also proficient in packing and unpacking scopes (and will be packing up our old scope when our new one arrives (yea!) in a couple of weeks. The person to contact is 
Alex Green  at Scientific Instrumentation Services Inc.
(512)282-5507.

Linda Margraf MD
Histonet administrator
Associate Professor of Pathology
Univ of Texas Southwestern