WHY are electrostatic tubes wired so WEIRD?

[miniman82]

Easier electrically to lower the cathode than it is to raise all the deflection plates.

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by miniman82

Easier electrically to lower the cathode than it is to raise all the deflection plates.

Yet in other topologies like the Motorola VT-73, they do raise all the deflection plates with positive HV while keeping the cathode end of the jug 'conventional'.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/M...Sams-71-12.pdf