Atwater speaker questons?

[HiFiCanada]

I have the Atwater-Kent type E-3 speaker, aprox 12 in dia and it has speaker cloth on the front and back, it's the one in my avatar.
I also have the Atwater-Kent type E speaker, aprox 15 in dia,looks the same as the E-3 but it does not have cloth on the front.
I can't find much info if it is suppose to have grill cloth on the front or not, I see some that do and some that don't.
Does the type E , 15 in speaker suppose to have cloth on the front?

I got cloth ordered for the small E-3 speaker, as it has a hole in the fabric, so I will be covering both sides of that speaker. I got to take it appart, anything I need to be very carefull with, before I try to push the front cover ring off?
Both speakers work.

[Reece]

I see no one has answered you specifically, so I'll thrown in my observation: from reading some other posts on the web, it appears that many of these speakers were made without grille cloth, and the cloth was added later by owners. I think they look better "with." Whether that's authentic or not....

[HiFiCanada]

Originally Posted by Reece

I see no one has answered you specifically, so I'll thrown in my observation: from reading some other posts on the web, it appears that many of these speakers were made without grille cloth, and the cloth was added later by owners. I think they look better "with." Whether that's authentic or not....

Thanks Reece

Does not appear to be much information on the Atwater-Kent radios, the model 40 and the E-3 speaker.
I may go with the grill cloth.

[diamondisk]

I am pretty sure that models E & E-2 had cloth in the back but never in the front.

E-3 came with cloth in both the front & back.

-Steve-

[HiFiCanada]

Originally Posted by diamondisk

I am pretty sure that models E & E-2 had cloth in the back but never in the front.

E-3 came with cloth in both the front & back.

-Steve-

Thanks.
Does not look like I can cover the front , the outer part of the speaker diaphram is there.
I'll have both of them apart, to replace the cloth on the back and that may be fairly tricky to do, I have not found any diagrams on those speakers on how they come appart.
It looks like the diaphram is glued to the inside housing or held in there some how????????