[Arran]

With most of the radios that I have owned I don't think I have run across one with mouse chewed wires, though I did see a Philco 70/71 chairside where a mouse had made a nest under the chassis, they did chew the insulation but most of it was packed with paper and other fluff. Most of the time they seemed to have gone for the speaker cones or grill cloth first, maybe they didn't like the flavor of the rubber and varnish used on the wires in these cases?
Getting back to the chrome plating I'm sure that the mouse urine did contribute to the heavier rust, but even so it's very seldom that you see a Scott without at least some spots in the chrome. I knew a fellow that had a few Scott Philharmonics, the later versions had an FM band on them. I can't recall whether they had tweeters or no, but I'm pretty sure that they chrome plated the speaker frames on at least one of them rather then using the silver wrinkle paint. They are very impressive looking beasts, which was part of the salesmanship of course, the chassis were made to show off just sitting on a table. In terms of performance I don't know if the front ends are really any better then any other high end set, I think the main selling point was the power output stages.
Regards
Arran