[Ron Ramirez]

Does your set have a stiff, solid spider like the 1930 Philco speakers? I would have thought all Model 90 sets, whether cathedral or console, would have the open spiders that look sort of like a 45 rpm adapter.

I reconed the speaker in my 370 Lazyboy chairside. Its spider was the open type. Sounds very good with a new cone. Too bad I couldn't find any cones with a paper surround, this one is foam and will require a new surround in about 20 years...but the cone should be good for life, it is made of some type of thin plastic.

If you are adept at reconing and the spider in your speaker is of the solid type, you might consider changing it to an external accordion spider. You'll have to glue it to the speaker frame, behind the cone. You will need to cut out the original solid internal spider, then cover the center hole with felt when the glue dries and the cone, voice coil and external spider are all set. I did that to one speaker and it worked out very well.