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Old 1st Oct 2019, 6:40 pm   #15
staticmind
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Default Re: B&O Capri 606 TV (17") restoration

I'm really surprised and amazed about the amount of attention this has gotten. Thank you!

Welsh Anorak, I'll make sure to follow your advice of removing PY88 and CRT socket base as well.
Tony/Boxdoctor: I'll be sure to isolate the anode cap of DY87 so it can't arch anywhere. Good point.

I'd also have to agree with Studio263 on this - one should consider the B&O design that pre-dates the Capri series as something that looks like this: https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bang_grand_prix_513.html , or with speakers below and on wheels.
In my opinion the only thing that makes the Capri 514, 606 and 607 particularly nice looking is the thing that is always missing: The legs. The 514 with legs is showcased here: https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/story/93-years-of-magic
I plan to get a wood-turner to make some legs in teak. The threads are already present inside the cabinet. But getting new teak to match teak from 1960 is probably not going to be easy.

To find something which looks more David Lewis/Henning Moldenhawer-like, in my view it would be the Capri Moderne from 1963. It's probably helped a bit by having one of the first "square" CRTs, at least for B&O. I've never seen one in real life though.
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