... after a minor surgery at GF's workshop... a silly single transistor failure only about one year after the full re-capping...
Shit happens...
... but, WOW... the pleasure of playing some nice master-dubs on Gotorama is greatly appreciated after a couple of month of unwanted separation...
Furthermore - in the meantime, while the Telefunken's was at the workshop - I had a large, thick plexiglas dust-cover bespoke made to order: this fancy thing - as I learned today - is also even more useful than its name suggests!
It greatly tame reels and motors spinning noises while playing and the listening experience is - you'd bet it? - more satisfying.
Great listen, this afternoon.