Rare? Halbert Television...Pre Kaye Halbert..checkout!

[doug621ts]

First thing, I hope to hear from Charles M. about this set as I feel he may have information about it. I purchased this set a year ago with a trashed cabinet and just got it back from the re-finisher and it came out ok, as good as it can get considering the water damage, the chassis has rust and the electronics are original and I hope Steve Kissinger would like to take on this project as he has done a great job on my previous sets. The metal front tag says "Halbert" and there was a tag on the chassis rear but is not there anymore. I believe this set to be either a prototype or possibly a pre Kaye Halbert set. This set has definitely a pronounced streamlined look with large shoulders and this set uses a 10BP4, this is the most streamlined set I have come across yet! On "Radiola guy" website he had a Kaye Halbert set, which was similar, on his tv sets for sale page but my set has larger shoulders and more pronounced step up top and uses a 10 " tube instead of the 12" used by the other and the set on his site has a decal on the front "Kaye Halbert" as mine has a metal tag that says "Halbert". Any comments or information would be great!