[Jeffhs]

What happened to your TV was a shame. I also like these sets; never owned one, but I knew a kid who lived on the next street over from me in my hometown whose family had a 3-way RCA console similar to yours. In fact, when I saw the front control panel on yours, it reminded me of my friend's folks' set which was also, IIRC, a roundie.

It would be great if you could get your set working again as it once did; in fact, I hope you do, as they don't make televisions (or anything else, for that matter) like that anymore. I'd try to find a junker CTC16X chassis and just do a one-to-one swap -- take out the sabotaged chassis and install the "new" one.

I don't know why anybody would want to destroy a TV like yours (or any other set made by former American quality TV manufacturers such as RCA, Zenith, Magnavox...). If the person who sabotaged your set took the yoke, it may well have been because of the copper in the windings; same for the power transformer and anything else with wire or coils.