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Or possibly the 83 was used as a replacement? The pins and filament V are the same. Check the tube socket and see if there is embossing there listing what tube should go there. Silvertone used the 83 tube in some of their high-tube count sets like the 1641, 1722, 1726, and 1732.

Silvertone made many off-variants of the same set. I am willing to bet that besides the escutchion difference, that they are the same set.

Also, note that everything else, including the grillework, is the same as the example in the Radio Museum.

Nothing wrong using an 83 instead of 83V, but the 83, if that's what it is, is getting harder to find and is used in Hickok Tube testers. The radio didn't need to have this type of tube.

Don't plug it in until you go through the usual drill of replacing the electrolytics and paper caps, testing the power transformer with tubes out, and replacing rotted wiring. Stick with us, and you'll have a great performer in a month or two.