Hi Francesco! Your Phonola is very similar to the one I owned for several years when I was much younger! My aunt bought it in 1964 and it had exactly the same frame surrounding the picture tube! It had a long bar you had to push to switch from VHF to UHF reception. When you were on VHF range the word "nazionale" (national) would come on while when you switched to UHF you could read the word "secondo" (second channel). The selector knob was very similar and I ever thought the set looked very "american style" while almost all italian and european models had a push through picture tube. The chassis was the same. Which brand is the second set you show on this thread? I'm an italian tv collector too. Perhaps we could get in touch and speak a little in our language...
