[PaxPumpkin]

This is why I love this forum. Beautiful info.

Ok, I’m not gonna air any laundry. This thing absolutely has to “work” soon.

After that, I will have opportunity to do it right. I started out with that intention, and now my goals have (momentarily) changed.

This isn’t for me. It was. It’s now a tad beyond me.

Back to immediate topic:
And I was super-duper careful on removing those rivets. I did consider that the frame might deform. A little penetrating oil (seriously tiny amount) and a few taps over a cushion had them out. Speaker frame is solidly intact and bend-free.

Ron- I want this original for me and my kids
and my grandkids to span so many generations. I will reach out to that fellow once my present purpose has been fulfilled and see if I can’t get that speaker fixed.

Until then, I will have to make good-enough, “good enough”