1935 GE Model A-53 AM/SW Tombstone Radio

[vortalexfan]

A little update:

I think I may have found a replacement switch/volume control that might work on this radio, someone gave me an old junker Philco Model 60 Cathedral Radio from the same time period as this GE is from (1936) and it also had a CTS Model T power switch/volume control assembly in it, the volume control pot on this switch/volume control is a 500k Ohm (.5 Meg) pot and I was wondering if this might be a viable replacement (even though this radio's original pot was 5k ohms) would the 500k vs. 5k make that much of a difference in how this radio performs?

Any help in this matter would be appreciated.

Thanks.