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Originally Posted by paulsherwin
We are essentially repairing equipment rather than preserving it in a pristine condition without subsequent modification, which is what a museum specialist would expect.
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Paul,
I wouldn't like to think that any of my restorations ended up in museums. Much of a museum's collections remain out the back in storage and the displays seldom have working vintage electronic apparatus. I have donated electronic instruments and appliances to museums before and they have disappeared into storage without trace. Though for other types of objects & art museums are great.
My hope, being a custodian of vintage TV's, is that my restorations will as the decades pass stay in the hands of private collectors. And remain in good working order for demonstration purposes to answer questions like : What did a TV image look like in 1939 ?
To that end of course it does require that all the capacitors, resistors, tubes etc are in good working order. It is a shame that ultimately gas will infiltrate the CRT's but there may be a solution for that later.
Hugo.