'The reasons WHY people buy RCA Victor TV sets'. - 1959

[stromberg67]

RCA made a very good product, and they had excellent support for info, parts, etc. That was a factor in the popularity if their products. I have hundreds of RCA service folders given to me by a brother-in-law. He got them from an antiques dealer who cleaned out a repair shop in MASS. amazing coverage of everything they produced. Sarnoff wanted all service shops to be able to service his products. a wise decision on his part, I think.
BTW Pete, have you ever heard the Kilgen theatre organ in the Asbury Park convention hall? Kilgen TO's are very rare, indeed.
Kevin

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by stromberg 67

BTW Pete, have you ever heard the Kilgen theatre organ in the Asbury Park convention hall? Kilgen TO's are very rare, indeed.
Kevin

Hi Kevin, Their last concert was three years before I moved to Asbury Park, but in 1987 my 10-year-old son and I were walking the boards; as we were passing through the enclosed area between the Paramount and convention hall I heard a GSTOS concert in progress. Sucked us right in. Before that I had no idea there was a pipe organ in convention hall, although I had been there many times for boat shows. It was a thrill. ...and then there's the Jersey LOWE'S...

Pete

[peverett]

I hate to burst some bubbles, but the type of testing mentioned in the RCA film is still done today by integrated circuit manufacturing firms. Chips are tested at the wafer level and after final assembly. They are also exposed to exteme temperatures, voltage, and humidity just as the RCA parts were. ICs are also tested for sensitivity to high voltage spikes.

People also still use the echo proof rooms. We had one at the IC design and manufacturing facility that I recently worked at. In addition, much better analysis instruments are available today than the ones RCA had in 1959.

The point is that quality manufacturing is still done today, just as RCA was doing in 1959.

[stromberg67]

Thanks Pete. I can't wait to hear the Robert-Morton Wonder Organ in Jersey City. It's been a long time coming, and the theatre is a sort of mini San Francisco Fox, one I missed out on.THAT was a theatre!!!!
All the best.
Kevin