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Originally Posted by Dave A
Urban legend around here in Philadelphia is that about 500 TV123 sets were produced with CRT's supplied by RCA.
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Just checked the 21AXP22 in my TV123. It's the original CRT shipped with the set (TV123 chassis s/n 356). The CRT has a date code from early 1956, as do most of the tubes in the set, but the manufacturer's code is 312 — Sylvania, based on Don's previous post.
As noted on Chuck's site, the four known TV123 serial numbers range from 299 to 356; odd that all these serial numbers fall within a cluster that encompasses just ten percent of the 500 or so believed to be manufactured, suggesting either a quirk of statistics or perhaps that even fewer than 500 were produced?.