2023-08-26 - Organ chambers each side of stage (Photograph by Brad Engelland/Brad Engelland)
2023-08-26 - Theatre exterior (Photograph by Brad Engelland/Brad Engelland)
2018-07-01 - Console (Photograph by John Sievers/Database Manager)
2017-06-02 - Originally installed in the National Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1965, the organ was sold to a local organ buff who installed it on the ground floor of a two-story commercial building he had purchased. Junchen-Collins Organ Corp., of Woodstock, Illinois, purchased the organ in 1977 and refurbished it for the Organ Grinder Restaurant chain, who intended to have it installed in a Montreal outlet. The firm never opened the restaurant and the organ was donated to the Kingston Theatre Organ Society of Kingston, Ontario; however, the group retained only the console elevator and sold the organ back to Junchen-Collins. The Barton remained in storage until the organ firm was purchased by Burton A. Burton, owner of the Casablanca Fan Company. Burton moved the organ to South Pasadena; he later liquidated his organ holdings and donated the Barton organ to the Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society. Ultimately, the organ was installed in the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, where it was enlarged to thirteen ranks. -Database Manager
2017-05-07 - Dedication played by Walt Strony on November 24, 1984. The organ is owned and maintained by the Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society. -Database Manager
Typed stoplist Source: Taken from the Dedication Program (November 24, 1984) Date not recorded
Los Angeles, California
Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society 1984 3 manuals, 13 ranks
Barton Organ Co. 1927 3 manuals, 10 ranks
Originally in the National Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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MAIN CHAMBER SOLO CHAMBER
16' Tuba 73 pipes 15" 8' Post Horn 61 pipes 15"
16' Diapason 85 pipes 10" 8' Trumpet 61 pipes 10"
8' Clarinet 61 pipes 10" 8' Tibia Clausa 73 pipes 10"
8' Viol d'Orchestre 85 pipes 10" 8' Orchestral Oboe 61 pipes 10"
8' Viol Celeste 73 pipes 10" 8' Salicional 73 pipes 10"
8' Oboe Horn 61 pipes 10" 8' Vox Humana 61 pipes 6"
16' Concert Flute 97 pipes 10" Marimba/Harp
Chrysoglott
Glockenspiel TOY COUNTER: Bass Drum, Tympani,
Xylophone Crash Cymbal, Tap Cymbal, Brush
Chimes Cymbal, Finger Cymbals, Snare Drum,
Tom Tom, Tambourine, Castanets,
Wood Block, Triangle, Sleigh Bells,
Sand Block, Cow Bell, Boat Whistle,
Door Bell, Siren, Bird
[Received from Steven E. Lawson 2017-06-03]
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