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Old 02-06-2011, 09:55 PM
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I am new to the group and I need help in finding someone to restore a 1953 television set. It was bought by my grandparents for my moms twelfth birthday. I am looking to restore it by her seventieth birthday this June. It has no tubes. The cabinet and screen are in great shape. I will not ship it out to be repaired. I will drop it off and pick it up in person. I live in New England. I need the help of this group. Any input would be great.
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Old 02-06-2011, 10:11 PM
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Welcome, Bee! Stay tuned, hopefully somebody up that way can help you out.
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Old 02-07-2011, 12:00 AM
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Perhaps you can solve some of its problems by getting the tubes and seeing if the unit works at all. Knowing the make and model, you can find the tube layout and plug them in.

Your mom is a young chick; I was married that year and am now 78.
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Old 02-08-2011, 12:22 AM
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The 1953 television that I am looking to restore is a Capeheart. I don't know if it is two words of one. Is it even possible for me to find components for this or should I get it to work without original components?
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Old 02-08-2011, 12:25 AM
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Bob you married so young. Not only is my mother young but she had her children in the 1970's so my brother and I are quite young.
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Old 02-08-2011, 03:24 PM
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I'm sure it can be restored if it's complete. Start a thread in the B&W forum - pictures and any numbers on the back and chassis would help identify your Capehart.
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Old 02-08-2011, 09:18 PM
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Do what AUdubon suggested...not as much traffic in this thread. How far would you be willing to travel? The only really difficult part would be if the picture tube were bad-some of those can be tough to find. Getting the other tubes and restoring the chassis shouldn't be all that hard, it just takes some time.
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Old 02-08-2011, 11:42 PM
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Thank you for the suggestion. I took pictures today. I am willing to travel the East Coast from Maine to the D.C. area and about ten hours west of Massachusetts. Any suggestions on who has the know how for this restoration.
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Old 02-09-2011, 01:18 AM
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It's one word, Capehart.
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Old 02-09-2011, 10:15 AM
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Here is a list of people who repair early sets, on the Early Television Foundation website:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/classifieds_repair.html

Some of them are members on here. It is tempting to take this project on myself but I would rather see you go with someone a little more "expert", and I am really on the fringes of your travel radius. I would really like to see you get this property restored; having a new set inside just isn't the same.
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Old 02-10-2011, 02:15 AM
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Welcome to VK my friend!!

Good luck getting your set going
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