[Tim]

Thanks for the comments guys.

John:

Yes, convergence can be tricky. I just was going around in circles on this with the few handles there are and not making it any better. It was concerning me that I was at the end of the adjustments, including focus, and have no more range. Is it typical for the focus to be up against the clockwise stop?

This HV issue I guess is normal but it is hard to believe it was that way when it was designed, that the owners could not turn up the brightness and contrast without a complete focus meltdown. My brightnes and contrast were set about 75%. Is this a component age thing or is it the belief that this was always that way?

Bobby:
The CRT is probably the original but it still has good emission. The date code of the CRT is the 26th week of 1954. Most of the other tubes in the set are dated the 12th week of 54.

Thanks Steve. It is always good to learn what is considered technically "normal" for a model set. If this is as good as it gets then so be it. Interesting that you mention degaussing as I was considering that but did not do it as this thing was sitting idle for so many years. I have to remove the CRT again before I set it up for good so I'll leave it as it is and try to walk it in better when I get it moved upstairs and degauss it. I guess degaussing would be regular maintenance for this set. Has anyone had any problems using a standard degaussing coil and procedure on a 15GP22?