Another CTC Surfaces In WI
 

My son and I carried this one up out of a couple’s basement late Saturday afternoon… my back is still hurting. If there's a next one, the chassis is going to come out first. :yes:

I can't quite make out the chassis number.
According to SAM'S, it's a CTC-10-C. Apparently it was made the same year as the CTC-11 we found two weeks ago.

Kevin

A peek inside. The CRT tested good. I'm delighted that this one has the separate safety glass.

Kevin

What year was that made in? Nice quad speaker setup, should sound nice once you get it going.

-J

I'm not sure of the year. SAM'S is dated 2-61.

It has a trio of speakers, one oval woofer and left-right tweeties.

Cabinet is Maple, I think Early American style. Not my favorite, but it is pretty.

Kevin

thats a very nice looking set. look brand new!

Wow! That is one beautiful CTC-10! PLEASE, let me know asap IF you ever decide to sell it. A 10 is on my must have list. I'm trying to obtain at least one excellent example of each chassis up to CTC-16. No pressure though, just sayin'.

Wow Kevin, nice score! That set is in fantastic condition and no cataract!

Now you can reflect on your good fortune while your back heals:)

-Clark

P.S. Great avatar

Nice set Kevin! I have the exact same CTC10 cabinet style, but I have a remote controll version.

How and where did you find this set? Was it a cragislist? Just curious.

Kevin,nice set though I'm not a fan of the early American style either.
That color emblem is interesting,can you post a close up of it?

Is it lenticular to give the illusion of changing colors when you move toward it?,I had a RCA tabletop that did that.

First, we sneak into peoples homes disguised as furniture delivery guys, and then we offer to take dangerous old electronic stuff that normally requires harzardus recycling fee's. :D ;) Well, the first part is sorta true, we do deliver furniture into peoples homes. :)

Kevin

Yep, it does that. Will try to take a closeup later.

Kevin

Zounds, there's hardly even dust inside. Nice score, and this one should be a piece of cake after you finish the CTC -11.

Phil Nelson

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments, I'm enjoying showing it off, even though the cabinet is not exactly my flavor.

I hope my sarcastic sense of humor doesn't rub anyone the wrong way... I'm not really a mean guy that steals peoples old TV's.

Here are some pictures of that Color emblem. It doesn't like being photographed up close, the colors glow better from a distance.

Kevin

Kevin, a very nice set indeed. And I LIKE the cabinet style.

I am with John on that, the cabinet style looks great!

Furniture style is a pretty interesting study, and not one that usually makes sense. Stuff just happens and ends up being transitional. :scratch2:

Kevin

When I was buying and selling used TV sets the early American cabinet styles were always hard sellers. Most people didn't have that decor.

Kevin,

Nice score there. Your model is the CTC-10 "Montecello." RCA called the finish "orange maple veneer." The remote version is called the "Fairhaven."

-Steve D.

Something tells me that Bob G. is going to enter the furniture delivery business!

Great find; there were some really attractive sets in the CTC-10 lineup, and I think this is one of them.

I didn't say I wouldn't buy it today, as I only collect. I don't buy and sell anymore. That set is in pristine condition.

That set is beautiful!! Guess I'm living on the wrong side of the state!

we saw too many early american cabinets here.it was the most popular style back then.we were economically repressed in this area.not sure this had anything to do with this.sun tv always had the early american items discounted.usually about 10 per cent less.at least 7 out of 10 sets we saw were purchased there.

It probably looks nicer than reality in the pictures. It's generally clean, but it's got some dings and scuffs. Stuff you'd expect after 50 years. It was always stored inside a home. The basement it came out of was a very nice living space.

Kevin

that condition storage seems to be the key, I bet the filter caps will be fine.

We'll soon find out. :D

Kevin

Was poking around and noticed that droptop found one of these same sets not too long ago. http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=249411
His also looks to be in excellent condition, possibly even nicer than mine.

I like the swirled maple top on his much better than the one I found. That is one beautiful piece of wood.

Kevin

Kevin,
Great score- and you had help loading. It doesn’t get any better than that. There is quite a difference in the veneer pattern between the two although the color is the same. I’m just glad it found a new home.

The set I have appears to be in similar condition to yours- just light scuffs etc from 50 years of use. We both got lucky in finding the sets in such good shape fresh out of the house. I haven’t powered mine up yet as I like to change out the electrolytics to keep stress off the power transformer.

The CYP in my set checks out great. Hopefully I’ll get time to work on it soon. Is your safety glass clear or tinted? Mine appears tinted the same as on my CTC 7 Grenoble. Did they come both ways?

Keep us posted on your set and progress.

Rick

Hmm, my CTC-7 had tinted glass too. I thought it was just x-rays.

Rick,

I thought it was clear, but it's really hard to say for sure without taking it off. And I'm not even sure how to go about doing that.

Kevin

:)
I did the bad thing and turned the set on without replacing the electrolytic caps. :no: I slowly brought up the mains voltage while monitoring both the AC input and the HOT cathode current. I also have a 3 amp fuse in my variac. All seemed well, and I had a raster, but I couldn't get any video through the tuner. The pictures below are with the B&K 1077B's signal being directly injected into the IF though that phono plug that normally goes into the tuner. And there's no audio either. At least I know the HV and sweep circuits are working pretty decent. And the big filter caps stayed cool after an hour or so of this goofing around.

So now I need to figure out how the HV wire comes off that 21CYP22A. You certainly don’t take the CRT out to disconnect it? The HV wire disappears behind the CRT front clamp/cover. :scratch2:

Kevin

wow, that has great color and lineairity.

They are shockingly colorful. I watched a 60's RCA color set as a child, but I had no recollection of how well these worked until a couple of weeks ago. That was when I fired the CTC11 up.

Kevin

You don't take the wire off the tube, you take the anode wire out of the HV connection on the HV rectifier cup. Rotate the round cover on the cage so you can get a needle nose in there, then give the anode wire a tug and it should just come right out.

You just pull straight out on it, you don't need to pinch it and wiggle it out like on a CRT?

Kevin

Nope, it just sits in the rectifier cup, no clip. Don't try to pull it out from the front of the cage though, it usually takes a little turn from the top of the cage to get to the cup. That's why you have to reach in there and pull it off the cup, but make sure you either discharge first or use an insulated tool!

Thanks for the help. I'll go see if I can hurt myself.

Kevin

It'll hurt if it bites you, but it won't kill you. lol

Kevin,
It looks very promising. Your results now have me wanting to check out my 10. I just might bring it up slowly this weekend to see what happens. The seller told me they had it powered up and got “colored snow” so maybe it will come to life. I’ll let you know.

My CTC 7 sat for nearly two years before I got the chance to restore it. I noticed the glass looked dark but figured it was dust accumulation. Not until I removed it did I realize it was tinted.

My 10 has the same appearance so I’m guessing they were tinted. I saw a mention in an older thread (that I can’t find now) about tinted glass being used to keep room light and glare from the surface of the tube because of the lack of brightness of the CRT IIFC.

By all means discharge the HV cup before reaching in there. I leave it grounded with a clip lead as a smaller charge can build up again in my experience.

And it will leave a lasting impression- usually on your elbow or head….

Rick

yea its not the shock so much, but rather what sharp things that you get cut on as you jerk you hand away....

I got the HV wire unplugged last night without any injury. I had a glove on, plus I used the needle nose. I now have the chassis down in my basement shop, but haven't gotten around to looking at it yet. I sure wish there were a small color test CRT a guy could plug into one of these while powering up on the bench.

Kevin