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Gary rabbitt,

Thanks for the link to the instruction manual. I will pass it on to the owner. The owner plans on passing the radio on to his son who is now 5 years old.

I have applied new reproduction decals above the four knobs as you can see in the second photo, kind of hard to see with the camera flash. I kept the large Philco decal alone since I wanted to keep some "originality" to the radio.

When you stated "On your "before" photo, it seems that someone removed the finish already" are you referring to the cabinet finish or the escutcheon. The cabinet was in very good condition to begin with, veneer intact and no water damage.

The owner was very pleased with the refurbished radio, when he brought it home he turned it on and thought something was wrong with it since the sound didn't come on immediately. Then he looked in the back and saw the tubes warming up and remembered that tubes require time to warm-up. Having tube amps for years I assumed that everyone knew that.