1954 RCA b/w with Metal tube

[Chad Hauris]

I saw this at an estate sale and the doors were closed...thought is was a ctc-4 round color but turns out it is a b/w. They wanted $85, I thought that was too much. Go back last day end of sale and they won't sell for less than $30...so I didn't get it.

They then call our shop later and say they'll let us have it for $15! I tried powering it up but all I got was hum from the transformer so immediately unplugged. Put it on the short checker lamp and the crt and tubes light up so it's not a gonner. Am trying to get to where the short is...will start replacing the electrolytics. Will start on the paper caps when I see if I can get the crt to produce an image.