NOS late '60's Sylvania 19" B&W

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by John Marinello

Looks like you could almost play a tune on that anode lead...

Not to mention the strain that short lead must have put on the 2nd anode connector. I wonder how many of these sets developed severe HV arcing problems when the anode connector was just hanging on by a thread. Unless the connector was exceedingly well soldered to the lead to the flyback, I can just about imagine these coming loose (or parting company altogether with the connector) after a year or two. Would it have added that much more to the cost of the set to put a slightly longer anode lead between the CRT and the fly, so that there would have been some slack in the wire? Sounds to me like a cost-cutting measure.