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Re: Antique Electrodes

Posted By: H.Erickson
Date: Sunday, 24 November 2013, at 10:16 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Antique Electrodes (Ben Barocas)


> Thanks so much for your response. I'll be
> able to take pictures tomorrow when I'm back
> at my studio. I think most electrodes these
> days have the glass clamped down on the
> wires at the end of the tube. The
> "recessed" connections have those,
> but down in a small tube that's inside of
> the tube. The end is open for the wires to
> come out. I wouldn't be surprised if they
> were pre-50's, I found some boxes of glass
> tubing that were labeled from a distributor
> that closed in 1960. I'll post up pics later
> tomorrow. Thanks again!

There is a Theater in St Paul that has quite a few of those inverted type Electrodes. It opened in the spring of 1939, yes 1939 ! Has been in continuous operation 7 days a week since!

AR/HG & Neon units. I have repaired a few units that were broken, not gassed down. I showed them to a retired glass blower and he said pre WWII


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