Mechanical Music Gains Ground

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 48, 13 June 1930, Page 8

Mechanical Music Gains Ground

HERE are some figures published in : "Machines Parlantes et Radio" (Paris, December, 1929), comparing the productions of the four principal gramophone countries in 1920 and 1928, reckoned in dollars :- Gramophones. 1920. 1928. U.S.A. 26 239,110,000 1,909,780,000 Hngland. ... 188,670,000 1,288,140,000 Germany .. °79,200,000 _ 954,210,000 France .... 77,200,000 507,970,000 Records. : U.S.A. -.e2- 414,700,000 1,519,730,000 England .. 340,230,000 2,052,800,000 Germany .. 196,080,000 1,024,110,004 France .eeee — 808,400,000 So far as radio is concerned, there are 21,627,107 wireless sets in use in the world (on what precise date is not Specified), nearly half of them in U.S.A. This means one set for every 124 inhabitants of America, one for every 53 in Hurope, and one for every 88 persons-in the whole world. On a basis of the present distribution of motor-cars in U.S.A. (one to five persons), this shows that saturation point in radio production will not be reached till that of U.S.A. is doubled, that of Europe increased tenfold, and that of the whole world increased seventekp times. ‘ I