Barton Organs
1935

Originally Barton Organs (1929)

Olympia Stadium

5920 Grand River Avenue
Detroit, MI, US

14 Ranks
Instrument ID: 63087 ● Builder ID: 376 ● Location ID: 54790
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3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop Action
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This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location

Database Manager on August 16th, 2018:

Updated by John Ignatowski, who gave this as the source of the information: Console seen personally.
\r\nThe console is presently owned by Soo Theatre Project, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and is on public display in the Soo Theatre auditorium. It is not presently controlling an organ.

Database Manager on July 30th, 2018:

Information from Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I by David L. Junchen. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.

Originally a 3/10 built in 1929 for WBBM Radio, Chicago, Illinois. Moved in 1935 to Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, and enlarged to 3/14, with blower #16737, rated at 5 hp, 18" wp.

Related Instrument Entries: Barton Organs (1929)

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