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Originally Posted by dieseljeep

That model was just another RCA CTC15 clone, right down to the tube compliment.
The Milwaukee Emerson distributor, had a repair shop that would repair the sets, that were DOA.
He went to the Emerson plant in Jersey City for a service seminar. He was telling me, there was a reason why the chassis was assembled that way. The chassis were assembled on the upper floors and hand carried, to the first floor, where the cabinets and CRT's were. They didn't have a freight elevator!
That's the reason why the top brace is rounded, like a handle.
That was a time, when they were more or less, on the way out and didn't want to make the investment.

Thanks for that bit of info! I would have never guessed that to be the reason for the chassis handle. That must have been a very antiquated plant at the time. Small details are what make these sets so interesting. What I also find interesting is how they stapled all of the labels to the back cover instead of just gluing them. You would figure glue or some other adhesive would have been much easier and perhaps cheaper.

I didn't really clean the set at all when I got it home. All I did was take a dust cloth to the top of the cabinet and face of the CRT before taking the photos. Otherwise, it's essentially untouched.