Please suggest options to replace or repair speaker for my Wurlitzer. I want to play it. What modification is necessary to use modern 15” speaker? What speaker would be a good replacement? I assume the original could be repaired by having field coil rewound but imagine that may be above my pay grade. Thanks, Allen Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS
You can replace the field coil with a 5600 ohm 25 watt resistor. Although it's not ideal, it works. Be careful the resistor gets very hot. On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 8:57 AM ascott822--- via Jukebox-list < jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> wrote:
Please suggest options to replace or repair speaker for my Wurlitzer. I want to play it. What modification is necessary to use modern 15” speaker? What speaker would be a good replacement? I assume the original could be repaired by having field coil rewound but imagine that may be above my pay grade. Thanks, Allen
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On 10/21/26 05:56, ascott822--- via Jukebox-list wrote:
Please suggest options to replace or repair speaker for my Wurlitzer. I want to play it. What modification is necessary to use modern 15” speaker? What speaker would be a good replacement? I assume the original could be repaired by having field coil rewound but imagine that may be above my pay grade. Thanks, Allen
I have found that field coil speakers often fail right at the connection points to the external leads. I suspect that it may be due to corrosion from the solder flux over time. Try very carefully peeling back the wrapped insulation to where you can expose the connection between the winding and the wire extending from the coil to the outside. More often than not, the break is right at that point. You'll need to be careful, the wire used in the winding is very thin. If the field coil measures open, there's really nothing to lose by trying. -- Jay Hennigan - jay@west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV
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