Anyone recognize this set ?

[bandersen]

I'm guessing maybe a Sparton but the letting doesn't look quite right.

[Bill Cahill]

How about Stewart Warner?
Bill Cahill

[David Roper]

Looks like the "t" broke off...

"Spar on".

[Tom Albrecht]

I was thinking the same -- looks like "Spar on."

[Bill Cahill]

The problem, besides my not being able to read name, is the fact that while the glass, and, rounded corners look like Sparton, They don't usually have the other two controls on the front panel. All the sam's I have show a control panel door with controls behind it.
That is also the way my rectangular Sparton is.

Tom, I ran into a major problem on family RCA that I have the long thread over at ARF on.
I will post that in a few min. Could you please continue to help me?
This has now totally killed the tv, and, I appear to have a one ohm short that wasn't there.
I'll not rob this thread. Sorry, guys. Please visit my thread over there.
Bill Cahill

[jr_tech]

The knob layout on some of these Canadian Sparton TVs looks very similar.
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1956-Sparton-brochure.JPG
From the 75 Years of television (TV History) site.
jr

[bandersen]

Hmm. Those do look very similar. That set is from listing if anyone's interested: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=130404772258

Some pricey clocks go along with that set!

[Bill Cahill]

Nice clocks. And, they say it IS a Sparton.
Bill Cahill

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

Nice clocks. And, they say it IS a Sparton.
Bill Cahill

LOL - so they do! I never made it down through all the clock descriptions

[miniman82]

Too many x-rays from small picture tubes can make a person blind. :p

[Tubejunke]

Originally Posted by Bill Cahill

They don't usually have the other two controls on the front panel. All the sam's I have show a control panel door with controls behind it.

I have a Sparton that is identical to the set pictured in the original post. The only difference is that mine is dark wood and the top corners are more squared off with a sort of crown molding that surrounds the top and runs down the sides. I bought the set at a flea market back around 1983 when a lot of these sets were floating around in second hand stores; or still being used. A middle-aged/older man had the TV at his table where he would watch it nearly all day on Saturday and Sunday while selling his junk. I remember him telling me that he bought the set new and it was his everyday set until he upgraded to color a few years back; now it was just a spare. It was not even for sale, but I believe he thought that it was nice that a teenager would be so facinated by the old set. I think that he let me have it for $15 and it has been in my arsenal ever since. One of my last "working originals" as I call them when they still work with no restoration.

However, I would like to restore the set. I think that it is well worth it after over 50 years of trouble free service. These sets are like mini-Dumonts to me in the beefy way that they are built. I love sets with dual LV and HV (I think)rectifiers....

[Bill Cahill]

Mine is a sad case. It was brought to me from Kalamazoo Mi. 23 years ago by a friend... This set had been in a house fire.
One side of the cabinet, and, part of the molding on front, along with severely melted channel selector knob was severely charred. Why they even saved the set amazes me. The base of picture tube was off, and, wires broken.
I brought power transformer up on variac, and, it was good, so, while sanding charr off case, and, fe finnishing, which they had also painted white, and, white paint was burned, I decided to re build chassis.
I re capped it, new electrolytics, and, a couple of resistors, and, a good used picture tube.
Set actuially played, had a picture, though very poor contrast.
I put it aside for years.
I now have lost back cover, and, memted knob.
Other knob is good.
I'd like to complete that set, and, finnish it. Geez/ Even the door for hv cage is missing.
What a mess!
Bill Cahill