kasperbergholt
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From a black & white project: Vintage vacuum tubes from General Electric (50's production)
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Clovishound
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My dad was a TV repairman when I was growing up. He had boxes and boxes of tubes in his home shop. When he passed in the 80s, we had to clear out a whole lot of old tube type TVs and radios. I may have a box or two in the garage that has a couple rolling around in them.
kasperbergholt
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The two tubes in the pictures are 6CS7 and were used in several TV designs from the 60's. They're also popular in Japan for amplifier designs.
The tubes you have from your father might be valuable depending on type. I'd be happy to look them up for you, but generally speaking TV tubes usually don't fetch high prices.
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Clovishound
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If I still have any, they are going to be difficult to find. I still have a few boxes of "stuff" from his shop that I brought home and stored in the 80s. If I still have any, they are likely to be garden variety, common types mainly from TVs.
I remember when I was young the local convenience stores had a cabinet that was a tube tester on top and had a supply of the more common tubes for sale inside the cabinet. If you were having trouble with your TV, you could remove all the tubes and take them in and test them. If you found a bad one, hopefully they had the replacement in stock.
I remember when I was young the local convenience stores had a cabinet that was a tube tester on top and had a supply of the more common tubes for sale inside the cabinet. If you were having trouble with your TV, you could remove all the tubes and take them in and test them. If you found a bad one, hopefully they had the replacement in stock.