Hoffman...yea or nay

[Tubejunke]

Hi Bob, nice pictures of a set that looks like it may be low use, which can be a double edged sword depending on your expectations and repair capabilities. If a set was stored with NO use for several decades, I have found that they tend to need basically a complete re-cap from the get-go. In contrast, I have more than one set that has seen at least SOME use through the years and they work fine for the most part as is.

It's always worth a try to bring one up slow and see what happens. You never know! I'll tell ya again, that screen shape is pretty futuristic for 1960! Look it up; most models in 1960 still had the more rounded corners to the viewing area more like the 1950s. At fist sight I really thought that you might be getting ripped by someone who stuffed an old cabinet with a newer tube and chassis. Anyone can see from your pictures that it is all original. Those vertical mount chassis can be a bit of a pain. I have a mid-fifties Magnavox that has a very similar chassis. I like the way they mounted that LV rectifier in its own little nook standing straight up. Good engineering as I would say that heat dissipation would be the best at that location and the fact that it is above all other tubes makes it even better.