[Nathan Slingerland]

There are modern reproductions of some Philco grille cloth - but unfortunately the one on your radio isn't one of them. So the choice is either live with it as is (it might look better if you could put some gold colored cloth behind the thin portion) - or replace it with something similar. Radio Daze (http://www.radiodaze.com) and Richmond Designs (http://www.richmonddesignsinc.com/grille...oduct_page) are the main places for reproduction grille cloth that I'm aware of. Maybe http://www.radiodaze.com/grille-cloth-02-item-grc02/ is the best match? If you do replace it there might be someone interested in the old grille cloth here since there's a pretty large section that is not torn - could be used on a smaller radio.

For Howards I use the walnut color - most of Philco's cabinets are Walnut. In the case of your radio we can look to the original 1938 Philco Sales Catalog description for a model that used the same cabinet to be sure - 38-9K (it's not totally clear why your has a 37-611 chassis in it - sometimes Philco mixed and matched beyond what their catalog listed).