Italian Phonola 681 tube radio

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Originally Posted by Kiwick

the Italian Phonola brand was a trademark of the FIMI electronics company based in Saronno
FIMI became a Philips subsidiary in 1972 and is still in business as a manufacturer of medical display devices
After 1972, the Phonola brand was slapped on some Philips consumer products, at least until the late 90s.

I don't think they had anything to do with the US Phonograph maker.

by the way, this radio was made in May 1959

The puzzling thing to me is that the logo looks very similar if not identical to the US phonola. Also a 5Y3 rectifier is not very common in a European set, is it?