Prototype set is here

[John Folsom]

Nick, The earlier tubes had a 14 pin stem and base. I would speculate that this was because they had a 14 pin stem and base in the inventory. Later on, it became obvious that additional electrical isolation was needed between the convergence pin at [edit] 7-9KV and the other pins, so a 20 pin stem and base were developed, allowing 3 blank pin locations on either side of the convergence electorde.

I just checked my Sparton metal bell CRT, and it is a 20 pin 6 bolt CRT just like yours, with a type number of C73547, just like yours. My bell rim number is D255, and I believe Pete said you rim number is D205 (?). This all seems to make sense. My Sparton set is a early 1953 NTSC set, as best I can tell.

[miniman82]

Originally Posted by John Folsom

Later on, it became obvious that additional electrical isolation was needed between the convergence pin at 3-4KV and the other pins, so a 20 pin stem and base were developed, allowing 3 blank pin locations on either side of the convergence electorde.

Makes perfect sense.

Hey, speaking of convergence...

This thing has a long string of megohm resistors coming off the HV rectifier, with the convergence pot right in the middle and more resistors after it. It looks electrically just like the way it was done on the CT-100, except by that time they actually had a 50meg resistor to use in the circuit. What do your proto sets have for convergence?