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Hi John:

If it is indeed a Pooley manufactured cabinet, it would appear that someone went far out of their way to retro fit it into a phranken phono. What was originally the front is now a side, which would require fabricating a solid panel, replacing the speaker opening and shelf for the reciever. Additionally, I would question the integrity of the structure since one of the sides (now apparently the front) was eliminated to mount the horn.

Pooley Furniture Co. was out of Philadelphia and built cabinets for Victor, across the river in Camden. They also manufactured radio cabinets for Atwater Kent Radios, another Philly Company. AK radios (and some early Philcos as well) were also mounted in furniture built by Red Lion. Many of the Atwater Kent radios had tags on the back or inside indicating who manufactured the cabinet.