<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Farrell and Andre</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As Andre knows, we are in close = correspondence about this old S&S "A" and I thoroughly endorse his approach. I = await an answer from the School Governors on my quote for the two options we have = worked upon. In this country (probably in all other countries as well) to = replace a S&S with a new like-for-like is usually not an option. As Franz Mohr = says - they are individually crafted to last.... so, to take advantage of this, = proper replacement is definitely in order.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from Sunny = Sussex-by-the-Sea</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>