You generally will not do damage when connecting a higher load impedance to the output transformer than selected (ie 8 or 16 ohm speakers when 4 ohm is selected on output transformer, 16 ohms when 8 ohms is selected). There is more of a concern when connecting lower impedance speakers than...
I hope so too. The amp has been running for 16 years since my friend did the restoration with not a single issue. I thought it is a useful collection of information about the Stereo 20.
Imagine he had changed the 5U4 to a solid state rectifier...