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I had this sets bigger brother, the 17 inch version with am-fm and phono. It too worked but the picture was extremely hard to adjust and it had a bend in it like yours. It could be a number of things but most likely it is leaky capacitors and/or resistors. This is the main repair(s) needed on most old electronics. The capacitors are #1. It is not usually "just needs a tube". Tubes are suprisingly tough and although some could be bad, some or many of the caps most likely are. Tubes do not usually degrade from just sitting, unless they are somewhere unheated, but the other components do.
I completely recapped my set and it worked perfectly. I sold it to a friend who wanted it bad. He still has it and occasionally uses it and has only replaced a couple of tubes. We watched "psycho" on it a couple of years ago. It was pretty cool.
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