10-22-2011, 02:31 PM
Philco kept tight controls on production during the 1930s; this was probably one reason they not only survived the Depression years, but were the nation's number one radiomaker during this time.
Every week, they held a meeting around a beat up, old, secondhand desk during which time they discussed, among other things, weekly sales figures. The previous week's radio sales were carefully analyzed and production was tailored to those sales figures. In this manner, Philco avoided overproduction, and so they did not have to get rid of overstock at bargain-basement prices, as some other manufacturers had to do at times.
I find that remark about "there may be a shortage" to be humorous, for the reasons stated above. I suspect that remark is that of the local dealer, not Philco.
And Steve, you're right about the speaker data mentioning an "89H." I had not noticed that before, or else I thought it might have been a typo.
Every week, they held a meeting around a beat up, old, secondhand desk during which time they discussed, among other things, weekly sales figures. The previous week's radio sales were carefully analyzed and production was tailored to those sales figures. In this manner, Philco avoided overproduction, and so they did not have to get rid of overstock at bargain-basement prices, as some other manufacturers had to do at times.
I find that remark about "there may be a shortage" to be humorous, for the reasons stated above. I suspect that remark is that of the local dealer, not Philco.
And Steve, you're right about the speaker data mentioning an "89H." I had not noticed that before, or else I thought it might have been a typo.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
