"Mark Oppat" wrote in message
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although this is ugly, it might function perfectly. What was the problem
with it?

I have repaired many speakers in my shop and they end up looking like
this, but working perfectly. So, never go by appearances. If this one
is out of alignment, there are several tricks to re-align them too.
Since so many speakers are very unique to their applications, 90% of the
time its best to retain the original. This is especially true for field
coil types.

Mark Oppat

It's much worse than out of alignment. The poor thing had been laquered
across the entire cone, making it extremely stiff and brittle. It hardly
made any sound at all unless I turned the volume way up, and then it was so
distorted as to hurt my ears.. suppose I could have had it reconed, but that
would have cost me $30-40, and the radio just isn't worth that.

BTW.. apparently, by the late 40's, Crosley was getting cheap. This set
still had all it's original paper caps in it.. and every one of them was a
200V cap, including the one across the line.