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I acquired this Chandler back in July in the Los Angeles area. Just this past weekend had a chance to take a couple of shots although the pictures the seller originally took are pretty good. The cabinet is kind of rough. The pictures make this set look better than it is. The finish is walnut and there is no sheen to the wood. A lot of spotting like water splattered on the cabinet in the past. Also lots of veneer chips missing. This is the grimiest set I have ever encountered! The top has a lot of staining. Looks like it led a pretty rough life or maybe most of this happened when it was taken out of service. Electrically, the CRT is broken. The chassis is also very grimy and this set appears to have a lot of hours behind it.
I had been negotiating with the seller off and on for over a year to acquire this set and I must say it was a bit of a shock to see it in person after only seeing pictures of it. As I say, the pictures make it look a lot better than it presently is although a good cleaning and going over would do wonders for this set.
One item of note, this is the first set I have come across which originally used a 21AXP22, but was retrofitted to use a glass CRT. Interesting to see how it was done. The yoke is not original, but was connected via the original octal connector to the chassis. Luckily, I have a spare CTC-5 chassis and yoke so installing an original yoke and HV cover are not a problem. This will wait a long time before I can get to working on it, but at least now it is safe.
Gilbert
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