[RodB]

Hi Bill, the tear in the speaker cone is easily patched with a strip of printer paper soaked with wood glue. Carefully smooth the paper over the tear, maybe with a cotton swab. Now here's where the purists will disagree. They'll say to use an acid neutral paper and acid neutral glue. I do use the correct glue and paper but only for the preservation of the cone. Some will have you use a coffee filter or even just cover it with the glue. I disagree with these. The cone is meant to be stiff so it moves as one unit. If you use a flexible patch it won't move the way it's supposed to. The flexible part of the speaker is the surround and should be repaired with a flexible material.