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As I said I was there at 8 in the morning, I took a walk around and saw all the huge houses in the neighborhood. They reminded me of the ones in Lake Forest, where I'm always wandering around. Also BTW, Lake Forest is another city that uses Pioneer Press, they are located just north of the Delany Rd. intersection with US 41. After 8:45 there was some action at the house, I was talking with the person in charge of the sale, she told me the story of the house most of which has slipped my memory at this point, One thing that stands out is the landmark oak tree in the front yard, it is the Indian Trail marker that was a sapling in 1740 when the Indians bent it over and used it as a trail marker, this tree is one of America's first road signs. Then, a lady showed up who is the great grand-daughter of the original owner. She brought pictures of her and the family from the 50's when she was a kid. some of which were in front of that tree, very cool and interesting. It would have been worth going even without the tv, I have some pictures on my phone of the outside of the house, the battery died before I got inside..boooo! I know, it really sucks, of all times for the battery to die! I'll try to get the ones I took on here but am having problems with the new phone. The inside of the house was wood everywhere, the whole house had the "tube smell" like an old tv when its running which was very comforting for me, I'm sure others were saying it stunk in there. There was a grand staircase as soon as you walked in, from there you could turn right or left and go the the dining room or living room. upstairs was a library full of books, a fireplace and the Wingate, that was my first stop as I ran downstairs with the tag and promptly paid for the set, then I went to the attic, it has a concrete floor and a safe built in. This entire house was built like a bunker, you could most likely survive a bombing in there! The roof is supported by I- beams, they did not fool around when they built this one, I'd date the house somewhere around 1900-20. Anyways, here is the condition of the set, the cabinet is perfect, the weird stripe on top in the picture is a darker spot in the grain, the set most likely had never left the room. When I pulled it away from the wall the house antenna was still hooked to it! the wire was from the 50's, in fact, everything in the house was no newer than the 60's for the most part. The lady was in her 80's and when she died, the daughter lived there and only used two rooms, all else was untouched. It was a feat of engineering to get the set down those stairs by my self, I took the back off and made sure I could tip it on it's side with out hurting anything, the HV can lid was loose so I removed it and put the back on, put it on the refrigerator dolly and proceeded down the stairs. It was like someone shot a warning shot in the air, everyone stopped what they were doing to watch the 135lb guy move the one ton tv down the stairs, I think they were quite surprized that I made it all the way to the truck! Someone outside was nice enough to help me load it, thank God! I was also speaking with the Police officer that was there, we were sort of friends by that point so he gave me special permission to park right in front of the house. So, here are the specs of the set, it is dated May 17 1956, it is a model 21-CD-7999 with the CTC-5 AA chassis. The set looks good but has had some hack repairs that I will have to correct. It obviously needs all new caps, there is a hundred paper/wax ones in there. AS for the CRT, here is an excerpt from the email between Bob Galanter and myself: I put the CR70 on it and was alarmed right away. I noticed immediately that there was an abnormal load on the filaments, the voltage selector was of course in the 6 volt position. Then I turned up the variable control to get 6.3, this didn't happen, all I could get is a little less than 5v with the knob up all the way and there was still no light from the filaments. I waited awhile and cupped my hands around the tube and could see FAINT light. I then turned it up to 8 volts for a while, finally the filaments were lighting enough to see but it still had the resistance as the voltage was somewhere around 7. After everything, there were no emissions at all and then, poof! no more light from the filaments at all and the load lighted off of the tester and that was the end of it. Bob replied and said the tube is more than likely full of air. The one in his Wingate was the same. I am now in search of either a good 21AXP22 or a good candidate for a rebuild.




Some things that were floating around in the cabinet, one of which is a cigarette butt, the screen goes under the cabinet, I will straighten it and staple it back on.


Everything looks great in the HV can.




I've never seen the writing printed upside down on a tube before.


Picture tube looks to have been replaced once already.