[Chas]

jcassity,

I have PM'ed you, please give my offer careful, but immediate attention. Avoiding extensive rebuilding and all the "health" precautions is important. Keep in mind the commitment to repair/rebuild will carry responsibility. So accuracy and robustness are important, even though it does not seem clear at the moment. Choices of repair components also lends to not only authenticity but the robustness. In a public environment a radio that works poorly is no comparison to one that works as it did in its era. Such a fine working instrument bears testimony to the restorer as well as the curator.

Hope to hear from you soon...

Regards,

Chas

   
Sorry for numerous edits, I used a saved text file because my ISP failed this afternoon. There were a lot of line feeds hidden because of the text editor Oops...