[sdiy] Tube amplifier question

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In a message dated 8/11/04 8:05:52 PM, rtellason at blazenet.net writes:

<< Yet in doing organ work I've seen tubes that were 30 years old or more,  
and 

were either only slightly weak or just fine,  which always amazed me. >>

Yes, the older tubes do seem to be a bit more solid and reliable, but part of 
the reason for the thing you just mentioned is because people tend to buy 
their big, fancy organ and play it for a year or two, then they lose interest and 
it just sits in the corner until their kids finally sell it in the posthumous 
estate sale or garage sale!

Michael Bacich