Right. No way a safety glass was on this set. It was built
Without. Oddly enough I cannot seem to find this puppy on the CTC-10 catalog. Possible rarity here? Oh and what was the original CRT? The tune diagram in the cabinet someone markered over the tube type. Not a cyp nause of the bonded safety glass.

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Beautiful! I've never seen that cabinet before either, not in brochures or in real life. That is one hell of a find!

Components in the tv date February 1961.

Late CTC10, must have been RIGHT before the 11. I'm still drooling BTW :D

Here is a pic of how the CRT looks and this is really cool too!

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...u6/photo03.jpg
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/a...u6/photo04.jpg

Henredon fine furniture. That company is still around too!

Yeah, Henredon's Top-Flight stuff. That was a BUX-UP set when new...Did you go over it w/Pledge or something, or is it just THAT Purdy ?!? (grin)

Did you get the brightener to come off? If so, it looks like there's life in that CRT.

Nope it was just meticulously taken care of by the original owner.
The CRT brightness still on it. I figure let er cook at 8 or 9v for a few more hours then I'll get it off and check the CRT.

The heat may help loosen it too, you said it was stuck on there pretty good. Good luck with it, I hope nothing breaks.

Well red green and blue all well into the bad range.

Give 'er a whack with a tester, what tester do you have? I've had amazing results with a Sencore CR-70.

Semcore cr-161.
And. Yep I did. I let the CRT cook overnight so I figured what to I got to lose.
And the results were.
Red. 1/4 in the good
Green just barely good
Blue half in the ?
So I plugged it back in did a quick convergence and purity alignment with moderately impressive results. Then....
It started to look hazy and dim in the blue. Then a little darker.

So I tested the guns again and all but red were in the bad again.
Red was in the ?

So I started running it with the juice bumper again and it looks a whole lot better. Sadly I think this CRT has seen brighter days.

rca
 

wow, thats nice, have fun with that.

Sounds like the tube is gassy, the cathodes are becoming contaminated. Time for a replacement.