For the time being, I guess I have time to decide which route I want to go. It would suck if I had the tube and magnetic focus assembly shipped to me only to find out that neither will actually work out as planned. I believe there's a good chance that it would, but as I yet I still can't find the specifics on this 17CQP4. I've only read about the 17QP4, and I have no idea what the "C" stands for.
It should be a little while before I get the set recapped and ready to test again, and hopefully my CRT will be adequate for those purposes. I'm rather afraid to jump at such a tempting but risky chance when for all I know, a good 17LP4 might turn up somewhere the day I'm sitting here scratching my head over how to install this magnetic focus assembly. That would be just my luck!
Just curious, what would be the best route to
safely ship an 18-pound CRT this size and what would it cost?