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Yes, the vac-seal product has been applied to the seam. It is amazing that some of these CRTs are still good but many have gone to air. It could partially be related to the environment in which they were stored. I believe this set was always kept in a controlled environment where there would be minimal expansion and contraction due to extremes in temperature. I am sure there are a number of factors involved, even the day of the week it was made and the exact manufacturing tolerances of the components.
I do in fact know the history of this set, which is an interesting component of any historical item. I am the third owner (custodian) of it and one of my sons will be the 4th. It was originally owned by Budd Lynch who was the radio announcer for the Detroit Redwings and I believe is now the PA announcer for the team. It had at least one service episode as can be seen on the service tag I posted earlier in the thread. This was in 1956 when there was no vertical sweep. I saw no evidence of what was actually done to repair it.
In 1970, the person that I purchased it from acquired it from the Lynch family. He is a friend of the family and remembers the set always being in the downstairs basement rec room when he was a child.
It was used occasionally by him from 1970 to around 1980 and not turned on after that. It was moved from Michigan to Florida around 2002. I purchased it in 2005. My wife and I drove down to Florida, and brought it back to New Jersey.
It will be in the Living Room of our 1917 home on Christmas to display to the relatives.
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Tim
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