144Oldest CTC2. Owned by Hickok to develop color TV test Equipment.
B8000158
123
B8000162
—
B8000173
1, InfoAge
B8000194
89
B8000316
—
B8000619
—
B8000633
—
B8000658
61
B8000687
—
B8000728
77
B8000758
149
B8000785
143
B8000791
—
B8000853
—
B8000884
—
B8000903
96
B8000936
122
B8000952
152
B8000979
75
B8000991
59
B8001050
Brazil
B8001053
167
B8001066
donor
B8001109
170
B8001121
139, Italy
B8001132
130
B8001136
—
B8001140
—
B8001214
157
B8001250
177
B8001302
162, ISM
B8001337
163, ISM
B8001338
—
B8001360
172
B8001399
—
B8001439
Pavek Museum
B8001482
—
B8001492
donor
B8001503
168, donor
B8001554
—
B8001617
15
B8001628
—
B8001629
169
B8001630
178
B8001658
146
B8001671
73
B8001677
—
B8001829
156
B8001876
105
B8001923
173
B8001933
132
B8002003
86
B8002017
135
B8002025
147, donor
B8002041
127
B8002101
139
B8002122
133
B8002126
129
B8002175
138
B8002177
American Museum of Radio and Electricity
B8002227
—
B8002239
—
B8002282
131
B8002390
—
B8002407
12
B8002426
137
B8002510
121
B8002527
154
B8002539
Italy
B8002567
160
B8002570
142
B8002601
—
B8002614
153
B8002698
134
B8002733
—
B8002767
107
B8002795
151
B8002813
115
B8002820
72
B8002837
donor
B8002838
Pavek Museum
B8002886
79
B8002899
—
B8003003
148
B8003103
141
B8003104
176
B8003143
158
B8003157
174
B8003192
159
B8003196
76
B8003199
114
B8003249
155
B8003319
—
B8003328
—
B8003331
—
B8003402
150
B8003404
171
B8003447
donor
B8003485
—
B8003603
—
B8003613
165
B8003659
—
B8003674
136
B8003708
—
B8003733
118
B8003757
124
B8003801
—
B8003890
175
B8003911
95
B8003961
donor
B8003984
B8003993
125
B8004019
Newest CTC2
B9003798
Only 'B900' s/n known - France
The CT-100 site came on-line in 1999 and began collecting data on surviving sets; serialization started in 2002 with the 55th known Merrill.
I went through the list line-by-line and found the serialization to be basically accurate. Some details:
[1] Twenty-five numbers from 2003 and 2004 were lost in a computer crash . Six of those 25 were recovered: #75, 77, 89, 94, 95, and 96.
[2] Approximately one-third of the known Merrills on the list were added in the first three years of data accumulation. Nineteen were added in 2002. By January 8, 2006, 110 Merrills were known. One-hundred-twenty-eight by January 10, 2008. Only three each in 2009, 2010, and 2011. But in 2013 things picked up. Ten new Merrills popped up.
Another CT -100 has been added to the Living List of surviving sets. Its serial number begins with the ‘B111’ prefix. Most CT-100 serial numbers begin with B800. There is also one B900.
It is unknown why RCA Bloomington assigned maverick prefixes, but they do appear interspaced with ‘regular’ B800 serial numbers. For example, only 63 sets separate CTC2 chassis B8001503 and CTC2 chassis B1111566. Both were packed for shipment – at the end of the same production line – during the week of April 5, 1954.
If you can share information or a theory about these maverick-prefix serial numbers, please do so. For example, we know there was a connection between CT-100 B1111542 and two CBS engineering employees back in 1954 at its headquarters at 485 Madison Ave. in New York City.
April 10, 2017
Two additions, #170 and 171
May 15, 2017
One addition, #172
April 15, 2018
Three additions, #173, 174 and 175
June 24, 2018
Two additiongs, #176 and 177
Serial number correction: B8003962 changed to B8003961