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IN the factory of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., of Coventry, the employees work to music. According to the British Motor Number published with The Times of March 17, those sections of the factory where the noise is not too great are fitted with loud-speakers all supplied from a radio-gramophone unit. At set times during the day, programmes are given. When a suitable wireless programme is available it is given. At other times gramophone records bought by the Company are played. In those parts of the factory where the work is of a monotonous nature the music is particularly helpful, engendering an atmosphere of cheerfulness. Dance tunes and simple rousing marches are the most popular. Among other privileges many of the workers are allowed to smoke. Morning coffee and afternoon tea are provided, workpeople being allowed half an hour of freedom to visit the buffet in groups. The factory is designed to produce a complete car every four minutes. The parts of the car are carried on an ever-moving conveyor the chassis
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Working to Music. Nature 137, 527 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137527b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137527b0