Hi, Eric.
One thing I've found out about finnishes, especially on RCA equipment.
While RCA certainly did do some cases in brown mahoganny, they never did a mix, and, match. I see yours was originally red mahoganny.
RCA put a deep red on first to darken the color, and, give it the red look. Then, they put a brown stain over that to soften it up a bit.
Not such a cherry mahoganny look that way, more of a soft, dark red.
That poor thing looks scary to me. I sure hope that hv section comes back. I think that's thw worst I've ever seen.
Good luck on this set. Wish I had a projection set of my own.
Bill Cahill
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