kingspec
05-13-2006, 07:20 AM
Hello, new member here...
I'm not actually an old TV buff, but have been into electronics for many years. Instead of tossing this old tube, I decided to check on the Internet to see if it might have some interest and value to someone. Here's the story:
In July of '66, when I was 13, our whole family went to the local Woolco (Woolworth's answer to K-Mart) in search of a new television. We had been watching a b/w Zenith, and listening to the sound from an old Pilot sitting on top. The Zenith died two days before this Woolco trip, and my dad finally gave-in to the whining.
The salesman was good and with extra encouragement from his family, my dad bought the largest television combo in the store--maybe in the world! It was a GE in a furniture-grade cabinet, Early American maple, with a turntable on one side and stereo amp/tuner on the other. It was our first color tv, and we were so proud--neighbors would come over on Sunday nights to watch Disney and Bonanza.
In about 1975, after three of his four children were grown and moved away, my dad won a 25" RCA that became the #1 set in the living room. The GE was moved to the den and seldom watched. By 1980, it was in a spare bedroom, covered with a bedspread and used as a horizontal surface to store untold knic-knacks.
Dad died in 1986, and a year ago I moved my mother (Alzheimers patient) into our home. I'm in the process of renovating her home to put it on the market. One of the pieces of furniture my mom wanted to keep is, you guessed it--the old solid maple GE. I've removed the guts, and building-in a 31" in place of the round tube. The stereo system died years ago, so those parts will not be reused.
So, I have a tube that appears to be in perfect shape, and, as far as I know, was last powered-up around 1980. The power cord was missing, and not having the time to rig one up, I didn't mess with it. The chassis is in one piece and the flyback looks to be fine.
My question is, do I have junk, or a "treasure?"
Thanks,
Kingspec
I'm not actually an old TV buff, but have been into electronics for many years. Instead of tossing this old tube, I decided to check on the Internet to see if it might have some interest and value to someone. Here's the story:
In July of '66, when I was 13, our whole family went to the local Woolco (Woolworth's answer to K-Mart) in search of a new television. We had been watching a b/w Zenith, and listening to the sound from an old Pilot sitting on top. The Zenith died two days before this Woolco trip, and my dad finally gave-in to the whining.
The salesman was good and with extra encouragement from his family, my dad bought the largest television combo in the store--maybe in the world! It was a GE in a furniture-grade cabinet, Early American maple, with a turntable on one side and stereo amp/tuner on the other. It was our first color tv, and we were so proud--neighbors would come over on Sunday nights to watch Disney and Bonanza.
In about 1975, after three of his four children were grown and moved away, my dad won a 25" RCA that became the #1 set in the living room. The GE was moved to the den and seldom watched. By 1980, it was in a spare bedroom, covered with a bedspread and used as a horizontal surface to store untold knic-knacks.
Dad died in 1986, and a year ago I moved my mother (Alzheimers patient) into our home. I'm in the process of renovating her home to put it on the market. One of the pieces of furniture my mom wanted to keep is, you guessed it--the old solid maple GE. I've removed the guts, and building-in a 31" in place of the round tube. The stereo system died years ago, so those parts will not be reused.
So, I have a tube that appears to be in perfect shape, and, as far as I know, was last powered-up around 1980. The power cord was missing, and not having the time to rig one up, I didn't mess with it. The chassis is in one piece and the flyback looks to be fine.
My question is, do I have junk, or a "treasure?"
Thanks,
Kingspec