[proftrussell]

Thank you to everyone who has replied.

The two mystery objects are either mini cannoli or oscillators. I'm not quite sure what they do, but I have not messed with them.

I successfully replaced all of Little Phil's capacitors—well, the electrolytics and paper capacitors. I also replaced about 10-12 of the resistors. I tried to do one thing at a time, but you know that one thing inevitably leads to another. All went well, except for one day when Little Phil went silent. I retraced my soldering and installation and brought the radio back to life.

Little Phil has either a tear in the speaker or, if there are seams in the speaker, a broken seam. I bought two types of glue recommended on other threads—E6000 and Aleene's fabric glue—and I will try either coffee filters or tea bags. I'm going to experiment with my PM speaker first. Once the speaker is patched up, I'll put Little Phil back in the nice wooden case.

FrankenPhil: Having Franken Phil has been a big help in replacing parts in Little Phil. Everyone's instructions re the destroyed field coil speaker are very helpful. Thank you, especially to Mr.Fixr55, who gave me the step-by-step I really needed. The original speaker has three wires going in, so there is a ground to the chassis. I attached a permanent magnet speaker to the two little terminals, as you suggested and mounted the speaker in FrankenPhil. At this point, I get only a wee hum and no audio from the speaker. I'm not entirely sure how to proceed, but I will replace the electrolytic capacitors first and see if that gets me anywhere. 

I'm unclear on attaching a speaker to the antenna something-or-other or is it the three little jacks on the chassis? That would be handy to test the sound.

I'm enjoying the smells of the soldering, rosin, the tubes, a wee bit of dust, and the burning smell of the carpet when I drop the soldering iron.

Tom