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Bartola Musical Instrument Co.

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2004-10-30/2019-02-11 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, rev. ed. by David H. Fox (Richmond, VOrgan Historical Society, 1997). - Established by Daniel W. Barton, Walter Keefe, Tink Humphreys, and W. G. Maxcy in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, c. 1909; made organ and percussion attachments for pianos; built "Barton" pipe organs by 1919; leased space in Wangerin factory of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; firm renamed Maxcy-Barton Organ Co., 1929; firm closed, 1935. Staff: Harold T. Depue; Richard W. Dirksen; Walter Gollnick; K. G. Kurtz; Phil H. Pierce; Edmund Sobczyk; Al Stoll. Sources: The Diapason, March 1929, 2. David Junchen, Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1 (Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985), 57. Oshkosh Daily News April 26, 1974. Elizabeth Towne Schmitt.

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