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I bought an identical set at an antique mall about 6 years ago. It was a series string set with a 17" all glass C.R.T. and luckily it played fine as bought. There was a guy (I forget his screen name) who had an ad in the classifieds that he was searching the country for this particular set and was having no luck finding one. He said that he didn't care about the condition other than decent cosmetics and the reason that he wanted it was that he was part of some fan club of a television show that I believe was called The Room. Some Twilight Zone type of show about a motel room where perhaps time stood still if I recollect his description correctly.

Supposedly he was recreating the set of this show in his home and this was the TV that was used. Must be nice to have such extravagant hobbies! So, I contacted him and sent him a picture and he and a partner drove from Massachusetts to a few miles short of North Carolina in like one day sharing the drive around the clock to meet me in a Sheetz parking lot with about $300 as a finders fee for my set.

On top of that they were nice enough to go long out of their way west into Maryland to pick up a C.R.T. that I desperately needed for my long time owned 56 Philco that a fellow V-K member had and deliver it in one piece to me!! This is an unbelievable story, but very true. I actually still have an identical set only with the wood cabinet that worked for about an hour before a large resistor started boiling and the video went kaput. I unplugged it and never have had a chance to do anything with it. Point being that they must have been pretty well made sets as both of mine were nearly plug and play. The series string is a bummer of course and I had, or may have schematics on these sets. I don't recollect any reference to metal cone C.R.Ts though.

I can look around for the schematic if it will help or if anyone wants the set, it is pictured in my post about a year ago in the classifieds. I think it was titled, "Must part with vintage TV and radio collection." Check it out....