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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Wonder how many 41s were made in the 1st place ? 500? 1000? 2500? When were the last ones mustered out of service? 1980? '85? There's GOT to be a few of 'em stuck around in dusty junkhole corners somewhere...
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Well, trying to put some logic to it (like trying to roughly estimate the volume of the world's oceans without knowing much of the details):
Production stopped in the mid 1960's.
How many stations had live color capability by 1965? Generous guess, 500. Average number of live color cameras per station, guess, 2. So let's say max 1000 TK-41s in service, in 1965. Number of those that were replacements, probably close to zero - my impression is it was most common to just keep them running, second choice being to upgrade to the prism optics and lower-noise video amps. No real replacements until later models came along.
So, I'd guess about 1000 total manufactured, and this may be on the high side.
I hope someone with actual knowledge can provide some enlightenment.